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CALTRAP
Definition of CALTRAP
noun
Archaic form of caltrop.
noun
A metal object, usually small, with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to pedestrians, horses, and vehicles (also used as a heraldic charge).
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CALTRAP · 1 relative 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.
CALTRAP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 100, 28 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 100, 28 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CALTRAP starts with C and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read AACLPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found CALTRAP?
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 100 - and most players walked straight past it.
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