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GRASP
Definition of GRASP
verb
To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English graspen, grapsen, craspen (“to grope; feel around”), from Old English *grǣpsian, from Proto-West Germanic *graipisōn, from Proto-Germanic *graipisōną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to take, seize, rake”), the same ultimate source as grab. Cognate with Saterland Frisian grapsje (“to grab, grasp”), German Low German grapsen (“to grab; grasp”), German grapsen and grapschen, Old English grāpian ("to touch, feel, grasp"; > Modern English grope). Compare also Swedish krafsa (“to scatch; scabble”), Norwegian krafse (“to scramble”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GRASP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GRASP starts with G and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read AGPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 GRASP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GRASP?
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