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DRAUGHT
Definition of DRAUGHT
noun
Alternative form of draft in some of its senses.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English draught, draght, draȝt, from Old English *dreaht, *dræht (related to dragan (“to draw, drag”)), from Proto-Germanic *drahtuz, noun form of *draganą; equivalent to draw + -t.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.8%
of traced words share this origin (4,101)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DRAUGHT · 11 relatives 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.
DRAUGHT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 97 boards so far. 293 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 178, 14 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
DRAUGHT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADGHRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DRAUGH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found DRAUGHT?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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