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DRAFT
Definition of DRAFT
noun
Senses relating to a current or flow or an amount which flows: A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle. The draw through a flue of gasses or smoke resulting from a combustion process. An act of drinking. The quantity of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) drunk in one swallow.
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Where it comes from
A phonetic spelling of draught (compare laughter), from Middle English draught, draght (“that which is pulled; that which is drawn up, a design”), from Old English *dreaht, *dræht, from Proto-West Germanic *drahti, *drahtu, from Proto-Germanic *drahtuz (“a pulling, drawing”). Cognate with Dutch dracht, German Tracht, Icelandic dráttur. By surface analysis, draw + -t.
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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.
DRAFT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DRAFT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADFRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DRAFT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found DRAFT?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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