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PAREO

/ˈpɑː(ɹ)i.əʊ/5 letters

Definition of PAREO

noun

A wraparound garment, worn by men or women, similar to a Malaysian sarong.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Tahitian pāreu.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun3 syllables

Same root, PAREO · 1 relative in the game

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.

PAREO in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 6 boards so far.

Day 1Day 164
Its 6 boards, across 164 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
6
Boards found on
25
First board
152
Latest board
50
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.

First ever to find it

pinkpeppercorn

on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PAREO
5
Letters
3
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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

Same letters, different word

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

OPERAPORAE

Words that start PAREO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found PAREO?

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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.

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