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TAPES
Definition of TAPES
noun
plural of tape
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Word DNA
TAPES inherits its ancestry from its root, TAPE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
21st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (353)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TAPE · 4 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.
TAPES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TAPES starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
7 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TAPES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found TAPES?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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