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DUBSTEP
Definition of DUBSTEP
noun
A subgenre of electronic dance music descended from 2-step garage that was popular in the early 2010s, characterized by its dark mood, sparse half-step and two-step rhythms, and emphasis on sub-bass.
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Where it comes from
From dub + 2-step garage; originally dub step, from 2001.
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.
DUBSTEP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DUBSTEP starts with D and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read BDEPSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DUBSTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found DUBSTEP?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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