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PARCHEDLY
Definition of PARCHEDLY
adverb
In a parched manner; with great thirst or dryness.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From parched + -ly.
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.
PARCHEDLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 125, 22 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PARCHEDLY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACDEHLPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PARCHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found PARCHEDLY?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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