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DRIVES
Definition of DRIVES
noun
plural of drive
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Word DNA
DRIVES inherits its ancestry from its root, DRIVE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,223)
How it is built
Same root, DRIVE · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Scots, Swedish, Yiddish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DRIVES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DRIVES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEIRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DRIVES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found DRIVES?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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