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WRAP
Definition of WRAP
verb
To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English wrappen (“to wrap, fold”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to North Frisian wrappe (“to press into; stop up”), dialectal Danish vrappe (“to stuff, cram”), Middle Low German rincworpen (“to envelop, wrap”), Middle Low German wrempen (“to wrinkle, scrunch the face”), all perhaps tied to Proto-Indo-European *werp-, *werb- (“to turn, twist, bend”). Compare also similar-sounding and similar-meaning Middle English wlappen (“to wrap, lap, envelop, fold”), Middle Dutch lappen (“to wrap up”), Old Italian goluppare (“to wrap”) (from Germanic). Doublet of lap; related to envelop, develop. Also compare Latin verber (“whip, lash”).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,700)
How it is built
Same root, WRAP · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Italian, Latin, Middle Dutch.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WRAP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WRAP starts with W and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read APRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start WRAP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WRAP?
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