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PATENTLY
Definition of PATENTLY
adverb
In a clear and unambiguous manner.
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Where it comes from
From patent + -ly.
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.
PATENTLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 106, 3 September 2026.
Built from these letters
PATENTLY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AELNPTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start PATENT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PATENTLY?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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