The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
DRILL
Definition of DRILL
verb
To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle Dutch drillen (“bore, move in a circle”).
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.
DRILL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DRILL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read DILLR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start DRILL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DRILL?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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