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DRAGONISH
Definition of DRAGONISH
adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a dragon.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dragon + -ish. Piecewise doublet of dragonesque.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DRAGONISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DRAGONISH starts with D and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ADGHINORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DRAGON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found DRAGONISH?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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