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PATRONAGED
Definition of PATRONAGED
verb
simple past and past participle of patronage
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Word DNA
PATRONAGED inherits its ancestry from its root, PATRONAGE.
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 (2,385)
branch · 12.8% 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.
PATRONAGED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PATRONAGED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADEGNOPRT - 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 39
Could you have found PATRONAGED?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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