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DROWSING
Definition of DROWSING
verb
present participle and gerund of drowse
verb
To make (someone or something) heavy with drowsiness or sleepiness. Followed by away: to pass (time) drowsily or in sleeping; also, to proceed (on a way) drowsily or sleepily. To make (someone or something) dull or inactive, as if from sleepiness.
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Word DNA
DROWSING inherits its ancestry from its root, DROWS.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (776)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DROWS · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Norwegian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DROWSING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DROWSING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DGINORSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DROWSI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found DROWSING?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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