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PATINA
Definition of PATINA
noun
A paten (a flat type of dish).
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian patina, from Latin patina (“dish, pan”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek πατάνη (patánē), either from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread”) or from Pre-Greek. Doublet of paten, patena, patine, and (possibly) pan.
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.
PATINA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PATINA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAINPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PATINA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found PATINA?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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