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PATRONS
Definition of PATRONS
noun
plural of patron
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PATRONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 70, 29 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PATRONS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ANOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PATRON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PATRONS?
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 70 - and most players walked straight past it.
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