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TRAPED
Definition of TRAPED
verb
simple past and past participle of trape
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Word DNA
TRAPED inherits its ancestry from its root, TRAP.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
8.8%
of traced words share this origin (2,505)
How it is built
Same root, TRAP · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, French, Spanish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TRAPED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TRAPED starts with T and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found TRAPED?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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