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PARAMETER
Definition of PARAMETER
noun
A value kept constant during an experiment, equation, calculation, or similar, but varied over other versions of the experiment, equation, calculation, etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French paramètre, from New Latin parametrum (“parameter”), from Ancient Greek παρα- (para-, “beside”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,825)
branch · 12.7% 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.
PARAMETER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PARAMETER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AAEEMPRRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, R and E appear more than once.
Words that start PARAME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PARAMETER?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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