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PARLEYED
Definition of PARLEYED
verb
simple past and past participle of parley
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Word DNA
PARLEYED inherits its ancestry from its root, PARLEY.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,302)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PARLEY · 4 relatives 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.
PARLEYED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 82, 10 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 82, 10 August 2026.
Built from these letters
PARLEYED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEELPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E 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 PARLEY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PARLEYED?
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 82 - and most players walked straight past it.
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