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DRAINAGE
Definition of DRAINAGE
noun
A natural or artificial means for the removal of fluids from a given area by its draining away.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From drain + -age.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DRAINAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DRAINAGE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AADEGINR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found DRAINAGE?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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