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PARAMOUNT
Definition of PARAMOUNT
adjective
Highest, supreme; also, chief, leading, pre-eminent.
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Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman paramont / paramount (“paramount, pre-eminent; above”), from Old French par / per (“by”) + amont / amunt (“upward”). Par is derived from Latin per (“by means of, through”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go through; to carry forth, fare”); amont and amunt are from Latin ad montem (“to the mountain; upward”), from ad (“up to”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“at; to”)) + montem (the accusative singular of mōns (“mount, mountain”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out, tower”)).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,166)
How it is built
Same root, PARAMOUNT · 5 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PARAMOUNT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 66 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PARAMOUNT starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AAMNOPRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PARAMO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
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