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DERRINGERS
Definition of DERRINGERS
noun
plural of derringer
noun
A type of very small, concealable pistol with one or two barrels but without any loading system or magazine.
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Word DNA
DERRINGERS inherits its ancestry from its root, DERRINGER.
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.
DERRINGERS 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 27 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
DERRINGERS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEEGINRRRS - 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 DERRINGERS?
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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