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DREADLOCKS
Definition of DREADLOCKS
noun
A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into matted strings.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Jamaican Creole dreadlocks, from dread (“of or relating to a dread”, adjective) (from dread (“(usually black) male member of the Rastafarian movement who wears his hair in dreadlocks”, noun), from English dread (“reverential or respectful fear; awe”), referring to the awe inspired by God) + English locks (plural of lock (“length or tuft of hair”)). The English word is analyzable as dread (“Rastafarian”, attributive) + locks.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DREADLOCK · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Latin.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DREADLOCKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DREADLOCKS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDDEKLORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Words that start DREADL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DREADLOCKS?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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