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DROCK
Definition of DROCK
noun
A drainage ditch, sometimes covered; a small watercourse, especially one used for drainage or sewerage.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Compare droke, drook.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DROCK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 160, 27 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 160, 27 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DROCK starts with D and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CDKOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DROCK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DROCK?
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 160 - and most players walked straight past it.
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