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PARROCK
Definition of PARROCK
noun
An enclosed area of land; a small field or a paddock.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English parrok, from Old English pearruc, pearroc (“clatrum, fence by which a space is enclosed, enclosure, enclosed land”), perhaps from post-classic Latin parricus (compare park). Cognate with Dutch perk (“flowerbed”), German Pferch (“pen, fold”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,072)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PARROCK · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PARROCK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 155, 22 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PARROCK starts with P and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ACKOPRR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PARROC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PARROCK?
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 155 - and most players walked straight past it.
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