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PARSECS

7 letters

Definition of PARSECS

noun

plural of parsec

PARSEC

noun

Syllabic abbreviation of parallax second.

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Word DNA

PARSECS inherits its ancestry from its root, PARSEC.

How it is built

noun

Same root, PARSEC · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PARSECS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Its one board, across 158 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
140
First board
18
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.

First ever to find it

porange

on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PARSECS
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PARSECS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEPRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

ESCARPSSCRAPESSECPARSSPACERS

Words that start PARSEC

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found PARSECS?

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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.

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