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YAWP
Definition of YAWP
verb
To yelp, or utter a sharp cry, as in intense pain, or another raucous noise.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English yolpen, of imitative origin.
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.
YAWP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 39 boards so far. 84 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 16, 5 June 2026.
Built from these letters
YAWP starts with Y and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read APWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start YAWP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found YAWP?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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