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DRAINPIPES
Definition of DRAINPIPES
noun
plural of drainpipe
DRAINPIPE
noun
A pipe that carries fluid which is being drained. A vertical pipe carrying water from the roof gutter down the side of a building; downspout. A conduit for carrying rainwater or flood water. A pipe that carries wastewater from a bathtub, shower, sink, etc.
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Word DNA
DRAINPIPES inherits its ancestry from its root, DRAINPIPE.
How it is built
Same root, DRAINPIPE · 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.
DRAINPIPES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First found by a player on Day 151, 18 October 2026.
Built from these letters
DRAINPIPES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEIINPPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and P appear more than once.
Words that start DRAINP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DRAINPIPES?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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