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PARENTAL
Definition of PARENTAL
adjective
Of or relating to a parent.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French parental, from Latin parentālis, from parens (“parent”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PARENTAL · 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.
PARENTAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 15, 4 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PARENTAL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAELNPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PARENT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found PARENTAL?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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