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PALAVER
Definition of PALAVER
noun
A village council meeting.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Originally nautical slang, from Portuguese palavra (“word”), from Late Latin parabola (“parable, speech”). The term's use (especially in Africa) mimics the evolution of the word moot. As such, for sense development, see moot. Doublet of parable, parole, and parabola.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Portuguese
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PALAVER · 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.
PALAVER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 39 boards so far. 408 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PALAVER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AAELPRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PALAVE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PALAVER?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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