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PARABOLOID
Definition of PARABOLOID
noun
Short for elliptic paraboloid
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From parabola + -oid.
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.
PARABOLOID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PARABOLOID starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AABDILOOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and O appear more than once.
Words that start PARABO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PARABOLOID?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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