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PATRONAGE
Definition of PATRONAGE
noun
The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English patronage, from Old French patronage (modern French patronage). Equivalent to patron + -age. Piecewise doublet of patternage.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (843)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PATRONAGE · 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.
PATRONAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PATRONAGE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEGNOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PATRON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found PATRONAGE?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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