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DRUDGES
Definition of DRUDGES
noun
plural of drudge
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Word DNA
DRUDGES inherits its ancestry from its root, DRUDGE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
9.1%
of traced words share this origin (2,408)
How it is built
Same root, DRUDGE · 1 relative in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DRUDGES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DRUDGES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DDEGRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Words that start DRUDGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DRUDGES?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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