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PARAMECIA
Definition of PARAMECIA
noun
plural of paramecium
PARAMECIUM
noun
An oval-shaped protozoan organism of the genus Paramecium.
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Word DNA
PARAMECIA inherits its ancestry from its root, PARAMECIUM.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,240)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PARAMECIUM · 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.
PARAMECIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 155, 22 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PARAMECIA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAACEIMPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PARAME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PARAMECIA?
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 155 - and most players walked straight past it.
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