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DRIFTS
Definition of DRIFTS
noun
plural of drift
noun
Movement; that which moves or is moved. Anything driven at random. A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.
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Word DNA
DRIFTS inherits its ancestry from its root, DRIFT.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,614)
How it is built
Same root, DRIFT · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DRIFTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DRIFTS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DFIRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found DRIFTS?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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