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PARDALOTE
Definition of PARDALOTE
noun
Any of the Australian birds of the genus Pardalotus, which feed on lerps.
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Where it comes from
Back-formation from New Latin Pardalotus, from Ancient Greek παρδαλωτός (pardalōtós, “spotted like a leopard”), from Ancient Greek πάρδος (párdos, “leopard”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,724)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PARDALOTE · 1 relative 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.
PARDALOTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 97, 25 August 2026.
Built from these letters
PARDALOTE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AADELOPRT - 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.
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