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DREAR
Definition of DREAR
adjective
Dreary.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Shortening of dreary.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DREAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 35 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
DREAR starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADERR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DREAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DREAR?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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