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DRIFTPIN
Definition of DRIFTPIN
noun
A smooth drift (slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal).
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Where it comes from
From drift + pin.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DRIFTPIN · 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.
DRIFTPIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 135, 2 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DRIFTPIN starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read DFIINPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Could you have found DRIFTPIN?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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