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PAROCHIALISM
Definition of PAROCHIALISM
noun
The quality or state of being parochial; especially: selfish pettiness or narrowness (as of interests, opinions, or views).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From parochial + -ism.
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.
PAROCHIALISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PAROCHIALISM starts with P and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AACHIILMOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Words that start PAROCHIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found PAROCHIALISM?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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