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DROID
Definition of DROID
noun
A robot, especially one made with some physical resemblance to a human (an android).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Clipping of android (“robot designed to look and act like a human being”). Coined by the American science fiction author Mari Wolf (born 1926) in the story “Robots of the World! Arise!” (1952), and popularized by the film Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, 1977): see the quotations.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DROID · 1 relative 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.
DROID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 131, 28 September 2026.
Built from these letters
DROID starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDIOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Could you have found DROID?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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