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DURRA

5 letters

Definition of DURRA

noun

A kind of millet, a variety of sorghum; Indian millet (Sorghum bicolor).

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Where it comes from

From Arabic ذُرَة (ḏura).

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Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Arabic
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Arabic

Deepest traced root

12th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

1.3%

of traced words share this origin (399)

Semitic

branch · 1.9% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, DURRA · 1 relative in the game

Every Arabic word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DURRA in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 153
Its 2 boards, across 153 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
141
First board
152
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

hyarion

on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DURRA
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DURRA starts with D and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ADRRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start DURRA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found DURRA?

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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.

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