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DRUG
Definition of DRUG
noun
A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English drogge (“medicine”), from Middle French drogue, drocque (“tincture, pharmaceutical product”) (c. 1462), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German droge, as in droge vate (“dry vats, dry barrels”), mistaking droge for the contents, which were usually dried herbs, plants or wares. Droge comes from Middle Dutch drōghe (“dry”), from Old Dutch drōgi (“dry”), from Proto-Germanic *draugiz (“dry, hard”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ- (“to strengthen; become hard or solid”), from *dʰer- (“to hold, hold fast, support”). Displaced native Old English lybb (“drug, medicine”). Cognate with English dry, Dutch droog (“dry”), German trocken (“dry”).
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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.
DRUG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 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 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DRUG starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DGRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DRUG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found DRUG?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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