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PARSEC
Definition of PARSEC
noun
Syllabic abbreviation of parallax second.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Contraction of parallax second.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PARSEC · 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.
PARSEC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 49 boards so far. 113 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 38, 27 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PARSEC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACEPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
10 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found PARSEC?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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