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DUMBCANES
Definition of DUMBCANES
noun
plural of dumbcane
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DUMBCANES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 37 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DUMBCANES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCDEMNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found DUMBCANES?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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