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GRAPLINS
Definition of GRAPLINS
noun
plural of graplin
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Word DNA
GRAPLINS inherits its ancestry from its root, GRAPLIN.
Line of descent
- Old French
- Anglo-Norman
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,283)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GRAPLIN · 1 relative 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.
GRAPLINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GRAPLINS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AGILNPRS - 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 GRAPLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GRAPLINS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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