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PRIVATEER
Definition of PRIVATEER
noun
A privately owned warship that acted under a letter of marque to attack enemy merchant ships and take possession of their cargo.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From private + -eer probably after volunteer, shortened from the original term "private man-of-war".
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PRIVATE · 13 relatives 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.
PRIVATEER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 179 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PRIVATEER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEEIPRRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PRIVAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PRIVATEER?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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