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DROPZONES
Definition of DROPZONES
noun
plural of dropzone
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Word DNA
DROPZONES inherits its ancestry from its root, DROPZONE.
How it is built
Same root, DROPZONE · 1 relative 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.
DROPZONES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 160, 27 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DROPZONES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DENOOPRSZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found DROPZONES?
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 160 - and most players walked straight past it.
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