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ENTRAPMENT
Definition of ENTRAPMENT
noun
The state of being entrapped.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From entrap + -ment.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ENTRAP · 6 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.
ENTRAPMENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ENTRAPMENT starts with E and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEEMNNPRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E, N and T appear more than once.
Words that start ENTRAP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ENTRAPMENT?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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