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CLAPPERS
Definition of CLAPPERS
noun
plural of clapper
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Word DNA
CLAPPERS inherits its ancestry from its root, CLAP.
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 (3,911)
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.
CLAPPERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 110, 7 September 2026.
Built from these letters
CLAPPERS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACELPPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 CLAPPE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CLAPPERS?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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