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SLAP
Definition of SLAP
noun
A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English slappen, of uncertain origin, possibly imitative. Compare Low German Slappe (“slap”), whence also German Schlappe (“defeat”). Compare also Italian sleppa (“slap”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.1%
of traced words share this origin (4,799)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SLAP · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names German, Italian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SLAP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SLAP starts with S and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read ALPS - 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 SLAP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found SLAP?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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