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PRECATORY
Definition of PRECATORY
adjective
Expressing a wish.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Late Latin precatorius, from Latin precari (“to pray”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,330)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PRECATORY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 155, 22 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PRECATORY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACEOPRRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Could you have found PRECATORY?
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 155 - and most players walked straight past it.
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