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KIDNAP
Definition of KIDNAP
verb
To seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From kid + nap (“to nab; to grab”). Originally Thieves' cant, referring to the practice of stealing children and shipping them to colonies or plantations as laborers. First attested c. 1680.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, KIDNAP · 2 relatives 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.
KIDNAP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
KIDNAP starts with K and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read ADIKNP - 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 KIDNAP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found KIDNAP?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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