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DRONED
Definition of DRONED
verb
simple past and past participle of drone
noun
A male hymenopteran (ant, bee, hornet, or wasp), whose sole primary function is to mate with the queen.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DRON · 3 relatives 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.
DRONED 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. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DRONED starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDENOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found DRONED?
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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