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PATINIZED
Definition of PATINIZED
verb
simple past and past participle of patinize
PATINIZE
verb
To give a patina to.
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Word DNA
PATINIZED 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
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (12,066)
How it is built
Same root, PATINA · 7 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.
PATINIZED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
Built from these letters
PATINIZED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEIINPTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start PATINI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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