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DRAWINGS
Definition of DRAWINGS
noun
plural of drawing
DRAW · via drawing
verb
Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. To pull (someone or something) in a particular direction or manner.
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Word DNA
DRAWINGS inherits its ancestry from its root, DRAW.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,861)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DRAW · 8 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Irish, Norwegian, Russian, Swedish, Yiddish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DRAWINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DRAWINGS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADGINRSW - 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.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found DRAWINGS?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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