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DUMPSTER
Definition of DUMPSTER
noun
A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Genericized brand name, from blend of dump + Dempster. The original brand (and some associated things) are no longer trademarked, because the three trademarks involved have either expired or been cancelled. By surface analysis, dump + -ster.
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.
DUMPSTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 48, 7 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 66 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 1, 22 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DUMPSTER starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEMPRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found DUMPSTER?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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