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DREKS
Definition of DREKS
Wiktionary has no entry for DREKS itself. This is its base word, DREK.
noun
Alternative spelling of dreck.
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Word DNA
DREKS inherits its ancestry from its root, DRECK.
Line of descent
- Proto-Germanic
- Yiddish
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,718)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DRECK · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Latin.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DREKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 109, 6 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 109, 6 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
DREKS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEKRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found DREKS?
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 109 - and most players walked straight past it.
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