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DRAB
Definition of DRAB
noun
A fabric, usually of thick cotton or wool, having a dull brownish yellow, dull grey, or dun colour.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Probably from Middle French and Old French drap (“cloth”), either: The English word is cognate with Ancient Greek δρέπω (drépō, “to pluck”), Avestan 𐬛𐬭𐬀𐬟𐬱𐬀 (drafša, “banner, flag”), Lithuanian drãpanos (“household linens”), Old Norse trefja (“to rub, wear out”), trof (“fringes”), Sanskrit द्रापि (drāpi, “mantle, gown”), Serbo-Croatian drápati (“to scratch, scrape”)).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DRAB in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 6, 27 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DRAB starts with D and ends with B. Sorted, its letters read ABDR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DRAB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found DRAB?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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