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DROPSY

/ˈdrɒp.si/6 letters

Definition of DROPSY

noun

Edema, swelling.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English dropesie, idropesie, from Old French idropsie, ydropisie, from Latin hydrōps, from Ancient Greek ὕδρωψ (húdrōps), from ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”). Doublet of hydropsy and hydrops.

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.

DROPSY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 49 boards so far. 213 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 111
Its 49 boards, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
49
Boards found on
26
First board
110
Latest board
7
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

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

Built from these letters

DROPSY
6
Letters
1
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DROPSY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DOPRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

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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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