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PATTY
Definition of PATTY
noun
A flattened portion of ground meat or a vegetarian equivalent, usually round but sometimes square in shape.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From earlier meaning "small pie" from pattipan (“something baked in a small pan”), from French pâté (“liver paste, pâté”), from pâte (“pastry, dough, paste, batter”) + -é. Doublet of pastie / pasty (“meat pie”), pate (“cheese portion”), and pâté (“finely-ground paste”) and related to pasta and paste.
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.
PATTY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PATTY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read APTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PATTY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PATTY?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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