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DROWNS
Definition of DROWNS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of drown
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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.
DROWNS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DROWNS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DNORSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found DROWNS?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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