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DRYERS
Definition of DRYERS
noun
plural of dryer
noun
One who, or that which, dries; any device or facility employed to remove water or humidity, e.g. a desiccative
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Word DNA
DRYERS inherits its ancestry from its root, DRY.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (12,132)
How it is built
Same root, DRY · 12 relatives 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.
DRYERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 172, 8 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DRYERS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DERRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Could you have found DRYERS?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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