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PARSIMONY
Definition of PARSIMONY
noun
With a negative connotation: great reluctance to spend money or other resources; miserliness, stinginess; an instance of this.
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Where it comes from
From Late Middle English parcimonie, parcimony (“economy, frugality, thrift”), borrowed from Latin parcimōnia, parsimōnia (“frugality, thrift, parsimony; moderation, restraint; stinginess”), from pars- (the past participial stem of parcō (“to economize, save up; etc.”)) + -mōnia (suffix forming abstract nouns). The further etymology of parcō is uncertain; it is possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“away; off”) + *h₂erk- (“to hold; to guard, protect; to lock”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PARSIMONY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 205 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PARSIMONY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AIMNOPRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PARSIM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found PARSIMONY?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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