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PAROECIOUS
Definition of PAROECIOUS
adjective
Having the male and female reproductive organs growing beside or near each other, as in certain cryptogams.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek πᾰ́ροικος (pắroikos, “dwelling beside”) + English -ious. By surface analysis, par(a)- + -oecious.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,789)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PAROECIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 80, 8 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 93, 21 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PAROECIOUS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEIOOPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Could you have found PAROECIOUS?
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 80 - and most players walked straight past it.
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