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ALPS
Definition of ALPS
noun
plural of alp
ALP
symbol
ISO 639-3 language code for Alune.
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Word DNA
ALPS inherits its ancestry from its root, ALP.
Line of descent
- Latin
- French
- Middle English
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.5%
of traced words share this origin (24,890)
branch · 30.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ALP · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ALPS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 69 days.
First found by a player on Day 60, 19 July 2026.
Built from these letters
ALPS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ALPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 60
Could you have found ALPS?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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