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DROLL
Definition of DROLL
adjective
Oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish.
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Where it comes from
From French drôle (“comical, odd, funny”), from drôle (“buffoon”) from Middle French drolle (“a merry fellow, pleasant rascal”) from Old French drolle (“one who lives luxuriously”), from Middle Dutch drol (“fat little man, goblin”), itself from Old Norse troll, from Proto-Germanic *truzlą. Doublet of drôle and troll.
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.
DROLL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DROLL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read DLLOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start DROLL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DROLL?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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