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PROXIMATE
Definition of PROXIMATE
adjective
Close or closest; adjacent.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Late Latin proximatus, past participle of proximare (“to draw near, approach”), from Latin proximus (“nearest”), superlative of prope (“near”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,711)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PROXIMATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 136 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROXIMATE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEIMOPRTX - 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.
Could you have found PROXIMATE?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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