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PARHELION
Definition 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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Where it comes from
From Latin parelion, from Ancient Greek παρήλιον (parḗlion), from παρά (pará) + ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PARHELION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 44, 3 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PARHELION starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEHILNOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PARHEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found PARHELION?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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