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GASP
Definition of GASP
verb
To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English gaspen, gayspen (“to gape, outbreathe”), related to and likely derived from Old Norse geispa (“to yawn”) or its descendant Danish gispe, which may be related to gapa (“to gape”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,109)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GASP · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Old Norse.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GASP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GASP starts with G and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read AGPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GASP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GASP?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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