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DROWNINGS

/ˈdɹaʊnɪŋz/9 letters

Definition of DROWNINGS

noun

plural of drowning

DROWN · via drowning

verb

To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.

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Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllables

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DROWNINGS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 174
Its 2 boards, across 174 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
132
First board
159
Latest board
27
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.

First ever to find it

motov

on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DROWNINGS
9
Letters
2
Vowels
7
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DROWNINGS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DGINNORSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.

Words that start DROWNI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found DROWNINGS?

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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.

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