The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
ALAPAS
Definition of ALAPAS
noun
plural of alapa
ALAP · via alapa
noun
The opening, improvised section of a Classical raga performance, before the formal recitation.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ALAPAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 127, 24 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ALAPAS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAALPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found ALAPAS?
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 127 - and most players walked straight past it.
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