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PAKORA
Definition of PAKORA
noun
A piece of vegetable, or sometimes meat, deep-fried in a batter flavoured with spices.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hindi पकोड़ा (pakoṛā).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Hindi
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
21st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (357)
branch · 1.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PAKORA · 1 relative 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.
PAKORA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PAKORA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAKOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found PAKORA?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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