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ASHCAN
Definition of ASHCAN
noun
A container for collecting ashes, especially from wood and coal fires, for eventual disposal elsewhere.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ash + can.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ASHCAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ASHCAN starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACHNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ASHCAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found ASHCAN?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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