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PATZER
Definition of PATZER
noun
Synonym of woodpusher: a poor chess player.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Uncertain, but probably from German Patzer (“bungler”), from patzen.
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.
PATZER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 53 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 69, 28 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PATZER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEPRTZ - 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 PATZER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PATZER?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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