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PATENS
Definition of PATENS
noun
plural of paten
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Word DNA
PATENS inherits its ancestry from its root, PATEN.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,240)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PATEN · 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.
PATENS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PATENS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AENPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 48
Could you have found PATENS?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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