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PARASOL
Definition of PARASOL
noun
A small light umbrella used as protection from the sun.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French parasol, from Italian parasole, from para- (“to shield”) + sole (“sun”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,315)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PARASOL · 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.
PARASOL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 125 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PARASOL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AALOPRS - 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.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found PARASOL?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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