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DRAKES
Definition of DRAKES
noun
plural of drake
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Word DNA
DRAKES inherits its ancestry from its root, DRAKE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
22nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (354)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DRAKE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DRAKES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 115 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
DRAKES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEKRS - 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 DRAKES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found DRAKES?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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