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ESCAPE
Definition of ESCAPE
verb
To get free; to free oneself.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English escapen, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French escaper (= Old French eschaper, modern French échapper), from Vulgar Latin *excappāre (“to escape a garment, get out of one's clothing”, literally “to free oneself from one's cape”), from Latin ex- (“out”) + Late Latin cappa (“cape, cloak”). Cognate with escapade. Also doublet of scape.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,951)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ESCAPE · 10 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ESCAPE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ESCAPE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
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 ESCAPE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found ESCAPE?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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