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PREFATORY
Definition of PREFATORY
adjective
Serving as a preface or prelude; introductory, preliminary.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Medieval Latin *praefator + -ory (“agent”), from Medieval Latin prefatia (whence preface), for classical Latin praefatio (“a saying beforehand”) – see preface for details. Note that this is borrowed from Latin, not derived in English from preface, as in occasional misspelling *prefecatory.
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
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PREFATORY · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PREFATORY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 155, 22 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
PREFATORY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEFOPRRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start PREFAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PREFATORY?
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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