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PATRICIANS
Definition of PATRICIANS
noun
plural of patrician
noun
A member of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus, or body of Roman citizens, before the development of the plebeian order; later, one who, by right of birth or by special privilege conferred, belonged to the senior class of Romans, who, with certain property, had by right a seat in the Roman Senate.
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Word DNA
PATRICIANS inherits its ancestry from its root, PATRICIAN.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PATRICIAN · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PATRICIANS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 52 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PATRICIANS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACIINPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Words that start PATRIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found PATRICIANS?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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