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DRYS
Definition of DRYS
noun
plural of dry
DRY
symbol
ISO 639-3 language code for Darai.
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Word DNA
DRYS 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 (11,843)
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.
DRYS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 53 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
DRYS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DRYS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found DRYS?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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