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ALAPS
Definition of ALAPS
noun
plural of alap
noun
The opening, improvised section of a Classical raga performance, before the formal recitation.
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Word DNA
ALAPS inherits its ancestry from its root, ALAP.
Line of descent
- Sanskrit
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.9%
of traced words share this origin (778)
branch · 1.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ALAP · 5 relatives 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.
ALAPS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 144, 11 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ALAPS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AALPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found ALAPS?
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 144 - and most players walked straight past it.
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