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PAROXYTONIC
Definition of PAROXYTONIC
adjective
Of or relating to words whose stress falls on the penultimate syllable
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Ultimately from Ancient Greek παροξύτονος (paroxútonos, “with an acute accent on the next to last syllable”)
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 (3,706)
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.
PAROXYTONIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 122, 19 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 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
PAROXYTONIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACINOOPRTXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start PAROXYT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PAROXYTONIC?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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