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GRUBSTAKED
Definition of GRUBSTAKED
verb
simple past and past participle of grubstake
noun
Money, materials, tools, food etc. provided to a prospector in return for a share in future profits.
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Word DNA
GRUBSTAKED inherits its ancestry from its root, GRUBSTAKE.
How it is built
Same root, GRUBSTAKE · 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.
GRUBSTAKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GRUBSTAKED starts with G and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABDEGKRSTU - 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 52
Could you have found GRUBSTAKED?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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