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DRAFTSWOMEN
Definition of DRAFTSWOMEN
noun
plural of draftswoman
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Word DNA
DRAFTSWOMEN inherits its ancestry from its root, DRAFT.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,958)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DRAFT · 12 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.
DRAFTSWOMEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 142, 9 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 170, 6 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 142, 9 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
DRAFTSWOMEN starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADEFMNORSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found DRAFTSWOMEN?
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 142 - and most players walked straight past it.
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