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RAPT
Definition of RAPT
adjective
Snatched, taken away; abducted.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin raptus, past participle of rapio (“to seize”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,633)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RAPT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 47 boards so far. 113 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RAPT starts with R and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read APRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RAPT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found RAPT?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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