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DUSTPANS
Definition of DUSTPANS
noun
plural of dustpan
noun
A flat scoop with a handle, into which dust, dirt and other material is conveyed with a brush or broom.
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Word DNA
DUSTPANS inherits its ancestry from its root, DUSTPAN.
How it is built
Same root, DUSTPAN · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DUSTPANS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 162, 29 October 2026.
Built from these letters
DUSTPANS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADNPSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found DUSTPANS?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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