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CLOPS
Definition of CLOPS
noun
plural of clop
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Word DNA
CLOPS inherits its ancestry from its root, CLOP.
Line of descent
- Middle Dutch
- German
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
19th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (453)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CLOP · 3 relatives 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.
CLOPS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CLOPS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CLOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found CLOPS?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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