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PATINATED
Definition of PATINATED
verb
simple past and past participle of patinate
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Word DNA
PATINATED inherits its ancestry from its root, PATINA.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,259)
How it is built
Same root, PATINA · 5 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PATINATED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 154, 21 October 2026.
Built from these letters
PATINATED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADEINPTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and T appear more than once.
Words that start PATINA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PATINATED?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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