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GRUBSTAKE
Definition of GRUBSTAKE
noun
Money, materials, tools, food etc. provided to a prospector in return for a share in future profits.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From grub + stake.
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.
GRUBSTAKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
GRUBSTAKE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEGKRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GRUBST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found GRUBSTAKE?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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