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PARAMILITARY
Definition of PARAMILITARY
noun
A group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion, but which do not represent the formal forces of a sovereign power.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From para- + military.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
PARAMILITARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 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
PARAMILITARY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AAAIILMPRRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, R and I appear more than once.
Could you have found PARAMILITARY?
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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