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JAPING
Definition of JAPING
verb
present participle and gerund of jape
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Word DNA
JAPING 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.
JAPING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 66 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 18, 7 June 2026.
Built from these letters
JAPING starts with J and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGIJNP - 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 18
Could you have found JAPING?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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