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TAPERS
Definition of TAPERS
noun
plural of taper; thin candles used for lighting other candles.
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Word DNA
TAPERS inherits its ancestry from its root, TAPER.
Line of descent
7 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.9%
of traced words share this origin (246)
branch · 1.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TAPER · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TAPERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TAPERS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
8 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TAPERS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found TAPERS?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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