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PARODYING

/ˈpæɹədi.ɪŋ/9 letters

Definition of PARODYING

verb

present participle and gerund of parody

PARODY

noun

A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.

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Word DNA

PARODYING inherits its ancestry from its root, PARODY.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. Latin
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.4%

of traced words share this origin (10,043)

Hellenic

branch · 12.4% of traced words

How it is built

verb4 syllablescompound

Same root, PARODY · 6 relatives in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PARODYING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 162
Its 10 boards, across 162 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
10
Boards found on
50
First board
162
Latest board
33
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 50, 9 July 2026.

Built from these letters

PARODYING
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
9
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PARODYING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADGINOPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start PARODY

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found PARODYING?

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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