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PASCAL
Definition of PASCAL
noun
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of pressure and stress; one newton per square metre. Symbol: Pa.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French pascal, named after French scientist and philosopher Blaise Pascal. Doublet of Paschal.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,346)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PASCAL · 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.
PASCAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 99 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PASCAL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACLPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found PASCAL?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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