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DROOLED
Definition of DROOLED
verb
simple past and past participle of drool
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Word DNA
DROOLED inherits its ancestry from its root, DROOL.
How it is built
Same root, DROOL · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Middle English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DROOLED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DROOLED starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDELOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found DROOLED?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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