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PARESES

7 letters

Definition of PARESES

noun

plural of paresis

PARESIS

noun

A paralysis which is incomplete or which occurs in isolated areas.

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Word DNA

PARESES inherits its ancestry from its root, PARESIS.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. Latin
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.3%

of traced words share this origin (10,555)

Hellenic

branch · 12.3% of traced words

How it is built

nouncompoundpara-

Same root, PARESIS · 1 relative in the game

Every Ancient Greek 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.

PARESES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 173
Its one board, across 173 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
172
First board
1
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

korggrok

on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PARESES
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PARESES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEPRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and S appear more than once.

Same letters, different word

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

ASPERSEPRAESESPREASESPREASSESERAPES

Could you have found PARESES?

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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.

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