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PATRISTIC

9 letters

Definition of PATRISTIC

adjective

Of or pertaining to the fathers of the early Christian church, especially their writings.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From patri- + -istic.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PATRISTIC in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its 2 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
106
First board
120
Latest board
14
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

thinmick

on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PATRISTIC
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PATRISTIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACIIPRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and I appear more than once.

Words that start PATRIS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

PATRISTICSPATRISTICAL

Could you have found PATRISTIC?

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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