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PARACHUTE
Definition of PARACHUTE
noun
A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object or person, causing them to float instead of falling.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French parachute, from para- (“protection against”) (as in parasol) and chute (“fall”).
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.
PARACHUTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PARACHUTE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACEHPRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PARACH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found PARACHUTE?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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