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DROOPS
Definition of DROOPS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of droop
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Word DNA
DROOPS inherits its ancestry from its root, DROOP.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (12,281)
How it is built
Same root, DROOP · 5 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DROOPS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 170, 6 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DROOPS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DOOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found DROOPS?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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