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PARRICIDE
Definition of PARRICIDE
noun
Someone who kills a relative, especially a parent.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French parricide, from Latin parricīda, of uncertain origin, perhaps from pār (“equal”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,276)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PARRICIDE · 1 relative 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.
PARRICIDE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 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 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 138, 5 October 2026.
Built from these letters
PARRICIDE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEIIPRR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and I appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PARRIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PARRICIDE?
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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