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PATRONAL
Definition of PATRONAL
adjective
patron; protecting; favouring
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin patrōnālis. Compare French patronal.
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.
PATRONAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 102, 30 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PATRONAL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AALNOPRT - 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.
Could you have found PATRONAL?
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 102 - and most players walked straight past it.
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