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PARANOEAS
Definition of PARANOEAS
noun
plural of paranoea
PARANOIA · via paranoea
noun
A psychotic disorder, now called delusional disorder, often (in one of six subtypes) characterized by delusions of persecution and a perceived threat against the individual affected with the disorder, and often associated with false accusations and a general mistrust of others.
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Word DNA
PARANOEAS inherits its ancestry from its root, PARANOIA.
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 (10,302)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PARANOIA · 9 relatives 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.
PARANOEAS 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 13 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
PARANOEAS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAAENOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PARANO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PARANOEAS?
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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