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PAROCHIAL
Definition of PAROCHIAL
adjective
Pertaining to a parish.
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Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman parochial and its source Late Latin parochialis, an alteration of paroecialis (“of a church province”), from paroecia, from Hellenistic Greek παροικία (paroikía, “stay in a foreign land”), later “community, diocese”, from Ancient Greek πάροικος (pároikos, “neighbouring, neighbour”), from παρα- (para-) + οἶκος (oîkos, “house”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PAROCHIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 66 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 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 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PAROCHIAL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACHILOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PAROCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PAROCHIAL?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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