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WIRETAP
Definition of WIRETAP
noun
A connection installed on a telephone line or other communications system in order to allow a third party to conduct covert surveillance of conversations.
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Where it comes from
Back-formation from wiretapper; or else wire + tap
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WIRETAP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 62, 21 July 2026.
Built from these letters
WIRETAP starts with W and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read AEIPRTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WIRETA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WIRETAP?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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