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PARONYMOUS
Definition of PARONYMOUS
adjective
Having the same root or derivation; conjugate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From paronym + -ous.
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.
PARONYMOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 103, 31 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 103, 31 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PARONYMOUS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AMNOOPRSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start PARONY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PARONYMOUS?
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 103 - and most players walked straight past it.
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