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PROWEST
Definition of PROWEST
adjective
superlative form of prow: most prow
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Word DNA
PROWEST inherits its ancestry from its root, PROW.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,240)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PROW · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PROWEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 80, 8 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 80, 8 August 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
PROWEST starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EOPRSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PROWES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PROWEST?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 80 - and most players walked straight past it.
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