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PARABLE
Definition of PARABLE
noun
A short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English parable, from Old French parable, parabole, from Late Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “comparison”). Doublet of parabola, parole, and palaver.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,501)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PARABLE · 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.
PARABLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 59 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PARABLE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABELPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PARABL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found PARABLE?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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