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PATAGIUM
Definition of PATAGIUM
noun
The thin membrane that extends between the limbs and body of a bat or of gliding mammals.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin patagīum (“gilded edging of a woman's tunic”), from an unattested Ancient Greek παταγεῖον (patageîon), perhaps from πάταγος (pátagos, “clatter”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PATAGIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PATAGIUM starts with P and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AAGIMPTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PATAGI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found PATAGIUM?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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