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PARASOCIAL
Definition of PARASOCIAL
adjective
One-sided .
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From para- + social, coined by American sociologist Richard Wohl, together with American anthropologist, sociologist, and communication researcher Donald Horton in 1956.
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.
PARASOCIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 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
PARASOCIAL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAACILOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PARASO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PARASOCIAL?
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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