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PARAKEET
Definition of PARAKEET
noun
Any of various species of small parrot primarily of tropical regions.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French perroquet, probably a diminutive form of the personal name Pierre; some variant forms perhaps via Italian parrocchetto, Spanish periquito.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- Italian
- Middle French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.5%
of traced words share this origin (459)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PARAKEET · 1 relative 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.
PARAKEET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PARAKEET starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AAEEKPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PARAKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found PARAKEET?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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