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DRAFTING
Definition of DRAFTING
verb
present participle and gerund 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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Word DNA
DRAFTING inherits its ancestry from its root, DRAFT.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.4%
of traced words share this origin (976)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DRAFT · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Icelandic.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DRAFTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 45 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DRAFTING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADFGINRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DRAFTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found DRAFTING?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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