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PARASITOID
Definition of PARASITOID
noun
Any organism that is parasitic during part of its life cycle, especially one that eventually kills its host.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From parasite + -oid.
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.
PARASITOID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PARASITOID starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADIIOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Words that start PARASI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found PARASITOID?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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