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CRAPES
Definition of CRAPES
noun
plural of crape
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Word DNA
CRAPES inherits its ancestry from its root, CRAPE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.5%
of traced words share this origin (24,890)
branch · 30.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CRAPE · 7 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.
CRAPES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRAPES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
10 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found CRAPES?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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