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DEWDROP
Definition of DEWDROP
noun
A droplet of water formed as dew.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English deu drop, dew droppe, dewe droppe, equivalent to dew + drop. Compare Dutch dauwdruppel (“dewdrop”), German Tautropfen (“dewdrop”), Danish dugdråbe (“dewdrop”), Swedish daggdroppe (“dewdrop”), Faroese døggdropi (“dewdrop”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.1%
of traced words share this origin (4,799)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DEWDROP · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, German, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEWDROP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 152, 19 October 2026.
Built from these letters
DEWDROP starts with D and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read DDEOPRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Could you have found DEWDROP?
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