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TRAPES
Definition of TRAPES
verb
Alternative spelling of traipse in reduced usage since about WWI
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Obscure, as is common among colloquialisms. OED mentions possible association with Dutch trappen (“to tread or stamp the foot”), but objects that the connection is unconvincing. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Dutch
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.8%
of traced words share this origin (231)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TRAP · 6 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.
TRAPES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TRAPES 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 TRAPES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found TRAPES?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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