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PASSEL

/ˈpæsl/6 letters

Definition of PASSEL

noun

An indeterminately large quantity or group.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

A variant of parcel with dialectal assimilation of /ɹ/ before a coronal consonant.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun1 syllable

Same root, PASSEL · 1 relative in the game

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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.

PASSEL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 171
Its one board, across 171 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
162
First board
9
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.

First ever to find it

beegrudge

on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PASSEL
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PASSEL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AELPSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.

Same letters, different word

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

LAPSESSALEPSSEPALSSPALESSPEALS

Words that start PASSEL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found PASSEL?

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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.

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