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DROOPY
Definition of DROOPY
adjective
Tending to droop; sagging; wilting.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
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).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old Norse
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (828)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DROOPY · 4 relatives in the game
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 33 boards so far. 90 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
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.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found DROOPY?
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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