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DRAGONETS
Definition of DRAGONETS
noun
plural of dragonet
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Word DNA
DRAGONETS inherits its ancestry from its root, DRAGONET.
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 (326)
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.
DRAGONETS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 72, 31 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DRAGONETS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEGNORST - 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 DRAGONETS?
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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