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JAPED
Definition of JAPED
verb
simple past and past participle of jape
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Another sense
JAPED carries a second meaning.
verb
Simple past tense and past participle of jape.
Word DNA
JAPED inherits its ancestry from its root, JAPE.
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (840)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, JAPE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names German, Old Norse, Old Occitan, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
JAPED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 108 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JAPED starts with J and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEJP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found JAPED?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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