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DROOPY

/ˈdɹuːpi/6 letters

Definition of DROOPY

adjective

Tending to droop; sagging; wilting.

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Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English drupi, from drup (“sad”), from Old Norse drúpr (“drooping sadness”); related to Middle English drupen, droupen (“to sag, droop”), also from Old Norse. By surface analysis, droop + -y.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

DROOPY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 17 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
17
Boards found on
26
First board
96
Latest board
12
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.

Built from these letters

DROOPY
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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

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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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.

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