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PATIO
Definition of PATIO
noun
A paved outside area, adjoining a house, used for dining or recreation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Spanish patio, either from Old Occitan patu or pati (compare Occitan and Catalan pati), of uncertain origin.
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.
PATIO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PATIO starts with P and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read AIOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found PATIO?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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