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PARAFFINES
Definition of PARAFFINES
noun
plural of paraffine
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Word DNA
PARAFFINES inherits its ancestry from its root, PARAFFIN.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,595)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PARAFFIN · 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.
PARAFFINES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PARAFFINES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEFFINPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and F appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PARAFF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PARAFFINES?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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