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PARROCKS
Definition of PARROCKS
noun
plural of parrock
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Word DNA
PARROCKS inherits its ancestry from its root, PARROCK.
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.
PARROCKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PARROCKS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACKOPRRS - 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 PARROCKS?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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