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DOORSTEP
Definition of DOORSTEP
noun
An outside step leading up to the door of a building, usually a home.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From door + step.
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.
DOORSTEP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 89, 17 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 47, 6 July 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
DOORSTEP starts with D and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read DEOOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DOORST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found DOORSTEP?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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