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PROXIMAL
Definition of PROXIMAL
adjective
Closer to the point of attachment or observation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin proximus, superlative form of prope (“near, nigh”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PROXIMAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 142 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROXIMAL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AILMOPRX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start PROXIM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found PROXIMAL?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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