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PATRIMONY
Definition of PATRIMONY
noun
A right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any male ancestor.
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Where it comes from
From earlier patrimoyne, from patremoyne, from Middle French patrimoine/patremoine, semilearned borrowing from Latin patrimōnium, from pater (“father”) + -mōnium (“state, condition”). First attested in 1513. By surface analysis, patri- + -mony. Compare matrimony. Displaced native Old English fæderġestrēon.
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.
PATRIMONY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PATRIMONY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AIMNOPRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PATRIM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found PATRIMONY?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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