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PARBAKE
Definition of PARBAKE
verb
To bake (bread or dough) partially so it can be rapidly frozen for storage.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Formed by analogy with parboil, from bake.
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.
PARBAKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 88, 16 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 88, 16 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PARBAKE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABEKPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PARBAK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PARBAKE?
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 88 - and most players walked straight past it.
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