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PARANOIDS
Definition of PARANOIDS
noun
plural of paranoid
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Word DNA
PARANOIDS inherits its ancestry from its root, PARANOID.
How it is built
Same root, PARANOID · 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.
PARANOIDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 61, 20 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PARANOIDS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AADINOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PARANO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PARANOIDS?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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