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DROWNERS
Definition of DROWNERS
noun
plural of drowner
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Word DNA
DROWNERS inherits its ancestry from its root, DROWN.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
36th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (134)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DROWN · 5 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.
DROWNERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DROWNERS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DENORRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Could you have found DROWNERS?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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