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TRASHMEN
Definition of TRASHMEN
noun
plural of trashman
noun
A worker who collects and hauls away household or municipal garbage, often using a truck to transport it for processing or disposal.
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Word DNA
TRASHMEN inherits its ancestry from its root, TRASH.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,787)
How it is built
Same root, TRASH · 12 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.
TRASHMEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 94, 22 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 94, 22 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TRASHMEN starts with T and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEHMNRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found TRASHMEN?
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 94 - and most players walked straight past it.
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