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PARACHUTES
Definition of PARACHUTES
noun
plural 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.
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Word DNA
PARACHUTES inherits its ancestry from its root, PARACHUTE.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,282)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PARACHUTE · 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.
PARACHUTES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PARACHUTES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACEHPRSTU - 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 28
Could you have found PARACHUTES?
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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