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PARVENUS
Definition of PARVENUS
noun
plural of parvenu
noun
A person who has risen, climbed up, or has been promoted to a higher social class, especially through acquisition of wealth, privileges, or political authority but has not gained social acceptance by those within that new class.
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Word DNA
PARVENUS inherits its ancestry from its root, PARVENU.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,888)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PARVENU · 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.
PARVENUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 45 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PARVENUS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AENPRSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PARVEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found PARVENUS?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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