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LAPSE
Definition of LAPSE
noun
A temporary failure; a slip.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French laps, from Latin lāpsus, from lābī (“to slip”). Doublet of lapsus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LAPSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LAPSE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AELPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
9 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LAPSE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found LAPSE?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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