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PATIOS
Definition of PATIOS
noun
plural of patio
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Word DNA
PATIOS inherits its ancestry from its root, PATIO.
Line of descent
- Old Occitan
- Spanish
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
47th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (48)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PATIO · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Catalan.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PATIOS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PATIOS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AIOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found PATIOS?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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