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PARADING
Definition of PARADING
verb
present participle and gerund of parade
noun
An organized display of a group of people, particularly Synonym of military parade: A show of troops, an assembly of troops as a show of force, to receive orders, or especially for inspection at set times. A public procession, especially one commemorating a holiday or special event or in protest.
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Word DNA
PARADING inherits its ancestry from its root, PARADE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,643)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PARADE · 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.
PARADING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 45 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 5, 26 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PARADING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AADGINPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PARADI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found PARADING?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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