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DRAUG
Definition of DRAUG
noun
Alternative form of draugr.
DRAUGR
noun
An undead creature from Norse mythology, an animated corpse that inhabits its grave, often guarding buried treasure.
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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.
DRAUG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 175, 11 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DRAUG starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADGRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DRAUG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DRAUG?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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