The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
DRIFTLESS
Definition of DRIFTLESS
adjective
Having no goal or direction; aimless; purposeless
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From drift + -less.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DRIFTLESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DRIFTLESS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEFILRSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found DRIFTLESS?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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