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PARHELIA
Definition of PARHELIA
noun
plural of parhelion
noun
Synonym of sun dog (“a bright spot in the sky, usually one of two on the parhelic circle on both sides of the sun (or occasionally above and below it), caused by the refraction of the sun's image through ice crystals”).
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PARHELIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PARHELIA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAEHILPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PARHEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found PARHELIA?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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