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DRAGONET
Definition of DRAGONET
noun
A small dragon.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English dragonet, from Middle French dragonet. By surface analysis, dragon + -et.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (332)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DRAGONET · 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.
DRAGONET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 88, 16 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DRAGONET starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADEGNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DRAGON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DRAGONET?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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