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DROWSY
Definition of DROWSY
adjective
Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From drowse + -y, despite the fact that drowsy (1520) is recorded before drowse (1570). Compare Old English drūsian (“to droop, drowse, become languid”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DROWSY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
DROWSY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DORSWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found DROWSY?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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