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PARATHION
Definition of PARATHION
noun
An organophosphorus insecticide acaricide, [O,O-diethyl-O-4-nitro-phenylthiophosphate], a powerful, dangerously toxic insecticide.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From para- (“p-”) + -thion.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PARATHION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 75 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PARATHION starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAHINOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PARATH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found PARATHION?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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