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DRAFF
Definition of DRAFF
noun
A byproduct from a brewery, a distillery, or both, often fed to pigs or cattle as part of their ration; often synonymous with distillers' grains, brewers' spent grains, or both (when not differentiated); usually differentiated from potale, at least in technical use, although broad, nontechnical use has often lumped all such byproducts together, especially in the past.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English draf, likely from an unrecorded Old English *dræf, from Proto-Germanic *drabaz.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.5%
of traced words share this origin (937)
branch · 22.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DRAFF · 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.
DRAFF in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DRAFF starts with D and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read ADFFR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start DRAFF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DRAFF?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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