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PARDAL
Definition of PARDAL
noun
A pard; a panther or leopard.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin pardalis, from Ancient Greek πάρδαλις (párdalis), from an unattested Old Iranian word; compare Persian پلنگ (palang), Pashto پړانګ (pṙâng).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Persian
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
18th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (147)
branch · 0.6% of traced words
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.
PARDAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PARDAL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AADLPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PARDAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PARDAL?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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