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DRIVEL
Definition of DRIVEL
noun
Nonsense; senseless talk.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English dravel, dribil, a deverbal from drevelen, drivelen (Etymology 2).
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.
DRIVEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 171 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DRIVEL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read DEILRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DRIVEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found DRIVEL?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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