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DREDGER
Definition of DREDGER
noun
A vessel equipped for the removal of sand or sediment from the seabed.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dredge + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DREDGER · 1 relative 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.
DREDGER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DREDGER starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DDEEGRR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D, R and E appear more than once.
Words that start DREDGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DREDGER?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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