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PIRACY
Definition of PIRACY
noun
Robbery at sea, a violation of international law; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it.
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Where it comes from
From Medieval Latin pīrātia, from Classical Latin pīrāta + ia, or Ancient Greek πειρατεία (peirateía). The sense of “unauthorized duplication” developed in England between 1660 and 1710. The English Crown granted strict monopolies over book printing to specific guilds, such as the Stationers’ Company. Printing a book without permission was framed as an unlawful attack on the Crown’s authority and revenues. By labeling rogue printers as “pirates”, authorized booksellers equated them with sea robbers operating outside the bounds of civilized society. By the passage of the Statute of Anne in 1710, this usage was deeply entrenched in public consciousness as the definitive descriptor for the unauthorized duplication of books, and was later applied seamlessly to new media as they emerged.
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.
PIRACY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PIRACY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACIPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found PIRACY?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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