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PARATONIC
Definition of PARATONIC
adjective
Relating to paratonia.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From para- + tonic. In specific use in the medical sense, after French paratonique. In the botanical sense, after German paratonisch.
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.
PARATONIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 122, 19 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 42, 1 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PARATONIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read AACINOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found PARATONIC?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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