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PRUNE
Definition of PRUNE
noun
A plum.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English prune, from Old French prune, from Vulgar Latin *prūna, feminine singular formed from the neutral plural of Latin prūnum, from Ancient Greek προῦνον (proûnon), variant of προῦμνον (proûmnon, “plum”), a loanword from a language of Asia Minor. Doublet of plum.
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.
PRUNE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PRUNE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ENPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PRUNE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found PRUNE?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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