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DROOL
Definition of DROOL
verb
To secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From earlier drule, apparently a corruption of drivel (compare snool from snivel). Compare also Middle English drullen (“to stagger, drool”), Dutch druilen (“to be listless, snooze”).
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.
DROOL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DROOL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read DLOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DROOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DROOL?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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