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DRIP
Definition of DRIP
verb
To fall one drop at a time.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English drippen, druppen, from Old English drypan, from Proto-Germanic *drupjaną (“to fall in drops, drip”), from Proto-Germanic *drupô (“drop”). Akin to West Frisian drippe (“to drip”), Dutch druipen, druppelen (“to drip”), German Low German drüppen (“to drip”), German tropfen, tröpfeln (“to drip”), Norwegian Bokmål dryppe, Norwegian Nynorsk drypa (“to drip”).
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.
DRIP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
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Built from these letters
DRIP starts with D and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read DIPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DRIP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found DRIP?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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