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PARREL
Definition of PARREL
noun
A sliding loop of rope or metal, around the mast of a ship, to which a yard or gaff is fitted.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French appareil. Doublet of apparel.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,487)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PARREL · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PARREL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First found by a player on Day 138, 5 October 2026.
Built from these letters
PARREL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AELPRR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PARREL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PARREL?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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