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PARCHISIS
Definition of PARCHISIS
Wiktionary has no entry for PARCHISIS itself. This is its base word, PARCHISI.
noun
Alternative form of pachisi.
noun
An ancient Indian board game in which players, throwing dice, shells, etc. to determine the distance of each move, attempt to be the first to take all of their counters around the board.
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Word DNA
PARCHISIS inherits its ancestry from its root, PACHISI.
Line of descent
- Hindi
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
22nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (364)
branch · 1.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PACHISI · 4 relatives 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.
PARCHISIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 36 days.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Built from these letters
PARCHISIS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACHIIPRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and S appear more than once.
Words that start PARCHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PARCHISIS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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