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REAP
Definition of REAP
verb
To cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English repen, from Old English rēopan, rēpan, variants of Old English rīpan (“to reap”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīpan, from Proto-Germanic *rīpaną (compare West Frisian repe, Norwegian ripa (“to score, scratch”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyb- (“to snatch”).
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.
REAP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
REAP starts with R and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read AEPR - 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 REAP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found REAP?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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