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CALTRAPS
Definition of CALTRAPS
noun
plural of caltrap
CALTROP · via caltrap
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.
CALTRAPS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
CALTRAPS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACLPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found CALTRAPS?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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