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ESTRAPADE
Definition of ESTRAPADE
noun
The rearing, plunging, and kicking actions of a horse trying to get rid of its rider.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French estrapade.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ESTRAPADE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 102, 30 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 102, 30 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ESTRAPADE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AADEEPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and A appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ESTRAP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ESTRAPADE?
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 102 - and most players walked straight past it.
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