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PRECARIOUS
Definition of PRECARIOUS
adjective
Dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin precārius (“begged for, obtained by entreaty”), from prex, precis (“prayer”). Compare French précaire, Portuguese precário, and Spanish and Italian precario.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,695)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PRECARIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PRECARIOUS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEIOPRRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start PRECAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PRECARIOUS?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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