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DREIKANTER
Definition of DREIKANTER
noun
A type of pebble that has three curved faces formed by wind-blown sand.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from German Dreikanter.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (894)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DREIKANTER · 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.
DREIKANTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 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
DREIKANTER starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADEEIKNRRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and E appear more than once.
Could you have found DREIKANTER?
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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