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PRIVATEERING
Definition of PRIVATEERING
verb
present participle and gerund 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.
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Word DNA
PRIVATEERING inherits its ancestry from its root, PRIVATEER.
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.
PRIVATEERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 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
PRIVATEERING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEEGIINPRRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R, I and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PRIVATEE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PRIVATEERING?
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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