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NAPA
Definition of NAPA
noun
Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, a kind of Chinese cabbage.
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Where it comes from
From the regional and colloquial Japanese term 菜っ葉 (nappa, “leaves of any vegetable”). (Can this etymology be sourced?)
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.
NAPA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 60, 19 July 2026.
Built from these letters
NAPA starts with N and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AANP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
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 NAPA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found NAPA?
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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