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DRIFTWOOD
Definition of DRIFTWOOD
noun
Floating wood that drifts with the current of a body of water.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From drift + wood.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DRIFTWOOD · 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.
DRIFTWOOD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DRIFTWOOD starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDFIOORTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found DRIFTWOOD?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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