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PARTIES
Definition of PARTIES
noun
plural of party
noun
A person or group of people constituting one side in a legal proceeding, such as in a legal action or a contract.
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Word DNA
PARTIES inherits its ancestry from its root, PARTY.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PARTY · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Russian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PARTIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PARTIES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEIPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
7 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PARTIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found PARTIES?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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