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DREDGES
Definition of DREDGES
noun
plural of dredge
noun
Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds. A dredging machine. An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea.
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Word DNA
DREDGES inherits its ancestry from its root, DREDGE.
Line of descent
- Middle Dutch
- Scots
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
25th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (107)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DREDGE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DREDGES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DREDGES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DDEEGRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and E appear more than once.
Words that start DREDGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DREDGES?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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