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PATRONIZE
Definition of PATRONIZE
verb
To act as a patron of; to defend, protect, or support.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From patron + -ize (verb ending); or from Old French patroniser, from Medieval Latin patronizāre (“to lead a galley as patron”). Piecewise doublet of patternize.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PATRONIZE · 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.
PATRONIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 125, 22 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PATRONIZE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEINOPRTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start PATRON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PATRONIZE?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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