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DRAPES
Definition of DRAPES
noun
plural of drape
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Word DNA
DRAPES inherits its ancestry from its root, DRAPE.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,647)
How it is built
Same root, DRAPE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DRAPES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DRAPES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found DRAPES?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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