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PATROLOGY
Definition of PATROLOGY
noun
the study of the lives and works (especially the writings) of the Church Fathers.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from New Latin patrologia.
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.
PATROLOGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 58, 17 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 44 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PATROLOGY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AGLOOPRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start PATROL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found PATROLOGY?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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