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DRIBBLERS

9 letters

Definition of DRIBBLERS

noun

plural of dribbler

DRIBBLER

noun

A person who dribbles (salivates excessively).

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Word DNA

DRIBBLERS inherits its ancestry from its root, DRIB.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Germanic
  2. Old English
  3. Middle English
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Germanic

Deepest traced root

6th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

4.7%

of traced words share this origin (3,940)

Germanic

branch · 22.6% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, DRIB · 5 relatives in the game

Every Proto-Germanic word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DRIBBLERS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 169
Its one board, across 169 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
151
First board
18
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.

First ever to find it

constraints56

on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DRIBBLERS
9
Letters
2
Vowels
7
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DRIBBLERS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BBDEILRRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and B appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start DRIBBL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DRIBBLEDRIBBLYDRIBBLEDDRIBBLERDRIBBLESDRIBBLETDRIBBLETSDRIBBLIERDRIBBLINGDRIBBLIESTDRIBBLINGS

Could you have found DRIBBLERS?

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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.

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