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PATRIOTIC
Definition of PATRIOTIC
adjective
Inspired by or showing patriotism; done out of love of one's country; zealously and unselfishly devoted to the service of one's country
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French patriotique, from Late Latin patriōticus, from Ancient Greek πατριωτικός (patriōtikós), from πατριώτης (patriṓtēs), equivalent to patriot + -ic.
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.
PATRIOTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PATRIOTIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACIIOPRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and I appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PATRIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PATRIOTIC?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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