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PARISHES
Definition of PARISHES
noun
plural of parish
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Word DNA
PARISHES inherits its ancestry from its root, PARISH.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,666)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PARISH · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Anglo-Norman.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PARISHES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PARISHES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEHIPRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
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 PARISH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PARISHES?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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