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ASHTRAY
Definition of ASHTRAY
noun
A receptacle for ash and butts from cigarettes and cigars.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ash + tray. Compare German Aschenbecher.
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.
ASHTRAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ASHTRAY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AAHRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ASHTRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found ASHTRAY?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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