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PARDIE

/pɑːˈdi/6 letters

Definition of PARDIE

interjection

By God!

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English parde, from Anglo-Norman pardi, pardeu, and Old French pardeu, from par (“by”) + Deu (“God”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Old French
  2. Anglo-Norman
  3. Middle English
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Old French

Deepest traced root

9th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

2.9%

of traced words share this origin (2,288)

Romance

branch · 12.9% of traced words

How it is built

interjection2 syllablescompound

Same root, PARDIE · 4 relatives in the game

Every Old French word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PARDIE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 157
Its 13 boards, across 157 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
13
Boards found on
46
First board
155
Latest board
18
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

perrynomasticPATRON

on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PARDIE
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

PARDIE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEIPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Could you have found PARDIE?

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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.

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