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WENTLETRAP
Definition of WENTLETRAP
noun
Any of numerous species of elegant, usually white, marine shells of the family Epitoniidae, especially Epitonium scalare, which were formerly highly valued.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Dutch wenteltrap (“a winding staircase”); compare German Wendeltreppe.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Dutch
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
16th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.9%
of traced words share this origin (740)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WENTLETRAP · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WENTLETRAP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WENTLETRAP starts with W and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read AEELNPRTTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once.
Could you have found WENTLETRAP?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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