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CLAPBOARD
Definition of CLAPBOARD
noun
A narrow board, usually thicker at one edge than the other, used as siding for houses and similar structures of frame construction.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English clapholt, partial translation from Middle Low German klappholt or Middle Dutch klapholt (“barrel stave”), from klappen (“to crack”) + holt (“wood”). The part "holt" was later calqued to "board".
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CLAPBOARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLAPBOARD starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AABCDLOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start CLAPBO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found CLAPBOARD?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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