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PARADISE
Definition of PARADISE
noun
The place where sanctified souls are believed to live after death.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English paradis, paradise, paradys, from Late Old English paradīs, borrowed from Old French paradis, from Latin paradīsus, from Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *paridayjah. Doublet of parvis. Displaced Old English neorxnawang.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,695)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PARADISE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 44 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PARADISE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AADEIPRS - 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 25
Could you have found PARADISE?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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