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PARENTHOODS
Definition of PARENTHOODS
noun
plural of parenthood
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Word DNA
PARENTHOODS inherits its ancestry from its root, PARENTHOOD.
How it is built
Same root, PARENTHOOD · 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.
PARENTHOODS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PARENTHOODS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEHNOOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PARENTH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found PARENTHOODS?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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