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DRECK
Definition of DRECK
noun
Trash; rubbish; useless or worthless stuff.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Yiddish דרעק (drek, “dirt, crap”), from Middle High German drek, from Old High German *threc (in mūsthrec), from Proto-West Germanic *þraki, from Proto-Germanic *þrakjaz. Compare Cimbrian drèkh (“excrement, manure”), Dutch drek (“dung; semi-liquid filth; mud”), German Dreck (“dirt; filth”), Latin stercus (“dung, manure”).
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.
DRECK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 125 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DRECK starts with D and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CDEKR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DRECK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found DRECK?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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