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DROOPINGS

/ˈdɹuːpɪŋz/9 letters

Definition of DROOPINGS

noun

plural of drooping

DROOP · via drooping

verb

To hang downward; to sag.

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Word DNA

DROOPINGS inherits its ancestry from its root, DROOPING.

How it is built

noun2 syllablescompound-ing

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DROOPINGS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 155
Its 3 boards, across 155 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
147
First board
152
Latest board
3
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 147, 14 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

theogjt

on Day 147, 14 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DROOPINGS
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

DROOPINGS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DGINOOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start DROOPI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found DROOPINGS?

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 147 - and most players walked straight past it.

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