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CLAP
Definition of CLAP
noun
The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English clappen, from Old English clæppan, *clappian, from Proto-West Germanic *klappijan, *klappōn, from Proto-Germanic *klappōną (“to clap”). Cognate with Dutch klappen, Icelandic klappa, Faroese klappa and Danish klappe.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,861)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CLAP · 9 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CLAP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 125, 22 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 39 days.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CLAP starts with C and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read ACLP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CLAP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found CLAP?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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