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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
Other senses
YAWP carries 4 further meanings.
intransitive verb
To utter a sharp cry; yelp.
intransitive verb
To talk loudly, raucously, or coarsely.
noun
A bark; a yelp.
noun
Loud or coarse talk or utterance.
Where it comes from
From Middle English yolpen, of imitative origin.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (4,995)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, YAWP · 10 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.
YAWP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 60 boards so far. 119 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
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 mean much the same
Near-synonyms of YAWP. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
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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