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PARKA
Definition of PARKA
noun
A long jacket with a hood which protects the wearer against rain and wind.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
1780, ultimately from Tundra Nenets парка (parka), via Aleut parka and Russian па́рка (párka). Perhaps from Proto-Uralic; see dialectal Finnish parka (“rag, swaddling clothes”), which may be a cognate from Proto-Uralic, or an early borrowing from another Uralic language.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
51st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0%
of traced words share this origin (32)
branch · 0.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PARKA · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PARKA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
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
PARKA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAKPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PARKA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found PARKA?
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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