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PARD
Definition of PARD
noun
A leopard; a panther.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English parde, from Old French, from Latin pardus, from Ancient Greek πάρδος (párdos), possibly of Iranian origin and related to other Sanskrit and Ancient Greek terms (see leopard).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.9%
of traced words share this origin (777)
branch · 1.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PARD · 2 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.
PARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 39, 28 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PARD starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PARD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found PARD?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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