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DRUNK

/dɹʌŋk/5 letters

Definition of DRUNK

adjective

Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English drunke, drunken, ydrunke, ydrunken, from Old English druncen, ġedruncen (“drunk”), from Proto-Germanic *drunkanaz, *gadrunkanaz (“drunk; drunken”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *drinkaną (“to drink”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian dronken, West Frisian dronken, Dutch dronken, gedronken, German Low German drunken, bedrunken, German trunken, getrunken, betrunken, Swedish drucken, Icelandic drukkinn.

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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.

DRUNK in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 122
Its 18 boards, across 122 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
18
Boards found on
19
First board
121
Latest board
29
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.

Built from these letters

DRUNK
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DRUNK starts with D and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read DKNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start DRUNK

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DRUNKSDRUNKENDRUNKERDRUNKARDDRUNKESTDRUNKARDSDRUNKENLYDRUNKATHONDRUNKATHONSDRUNKENNESSDRUNKENNESSES

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