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DERRINGER
Definition of DERRINGER
noun
A type of very small, concealable pistol with one or two barrels but without any loading system or magazine.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Named after American gunsmith Henry Deringer (1786–1868).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DERRINGER · 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.
DERRINGER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DERRINGER starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEEGINRRR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and R appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found DERRINGER?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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