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DROSHKY
Definition of DROSHKY
noun
An open horse-drawn carriage, especially in Russia.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Russian дро́жки (dróžki), plural diminutive of дро́ги (drógi, “wagon, hearse”), plural of дрога́ (drogá, “centre pole of a carriage”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Russian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
20th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (362)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DROSHKY · 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.
DROSHKY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DROSHKY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DHKORSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DROSHK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found DROSHKY?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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