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PATINAED
Definition of PATINAED
adjective
Having a patina.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From patina + -ed.
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.
PATINAED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 78, 6 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 78, 6 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PATINAED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADEINPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PATINA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PATINAED?
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 78 - and most players walked straight past it.
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