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DRILLS
Definition of DRILLS
noun
plural of drill
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Word DNA
DRILLS inherits its ancestry from its root, DRILL.
Line of descent
- Middle Dutch
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
19th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (473)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DRILL · 3 relatives 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.
DRILLS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 167, 3 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DRILLS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DILLRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start DRILLS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DRILLS?
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 167 - and most players walked straight past it.
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