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PARROTED
Definition of PARROTED
verb
simple past and past participle of parrot
PARROT
noun
A kind of bird, many species of which are colorful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae.
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Word DNA
PARROTED inherits its ancestry from its root, PARROT.
Line of descent
- Middle French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (343)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PARROT · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Italian, Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PARROTED 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 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PARROTED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEOPRRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PARROT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PARROTED?
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