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FIREDRAKES
Definition of FIREDRAKES
noun
plural of firedrake
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Word DNA
FIREDRAKES inherits its ancestry from its root, FIREDRAKE.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,038)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FIREDRAKE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FIREDRAKES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
Built from these letters
FIREDRAKES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEEFIKRRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and E appear more than once.
Words that start FIREDR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FIREDRAKES?
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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