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TRASH
Definition of TRASH
noun
Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English trasch, trassh, probably a dialectal form of *trass (compare Orkney truss, English dialectal trous), from Old Norse tros (“rubbish, fallen leaves and twigs”), perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *þrakjaz (“dirt”). Pokorny instead derives it from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”). Compare Norwegian trask (“lumber, trash, baggage”), Swedish trasa (“rag, cloth, worthless fellow”), Swedish trås (“dry fallen twigs, wood-waste”). Compare also Old English þreax (“rottenness, rubbish”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,201)
How it is built
Same root, TRASH · 11 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Norwegian, Old English, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TRASH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
TRASH starts with T and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AHRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TRASH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found TRASH?
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