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YCLEPT
Definition of YCLEPT
adjective
Called (by a certain name), named.
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Other senses
YCLEPT carries 3 further meanings.
noun
Forms of the preterit and past participle of clepe.
adjective
Called, named.
verb
Past participle of clepe
Where it comes from
From Middle English yclept, ycleped, iclept [and other forms] (i-, y- (prefix forming past participles) + clepen (“to say, speak, utter; to call, shout; to name; to address; to appeal to, beg, pray; to ask, request; to appear; to send for, summon; to convene; to call forth, induce; to lay claim”) + -ed, -t (suffix forming past participles of weak verbs)), from Old English ġeclypod, ġeclipod (ġe- (suffix forming past participles or participle adjectives) + clypian, clipian (“to call out, cry; to appeal”) (West Saxon) [and other forms] + -od (suffix forming past participles)). Clipian is derived from Proto-Germanic *klipjaną, *klapjaną (“to be noisy; to chatter”), probably related to *klappōną (“to clap, pound, or strike (especially two things against each other); to make loud noises, especially breathing or pulsating; to chatter”), and ultimately onomatopoeic. Doublet of clap.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.4%
of traced words share this origin (968)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
YCLEPT in a sentence
“Words like pantywaist I should probably label as obsolete; a word like yclept, which crops up either facetiously or evocatively in speech and writing now and then, I should label as archaic.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
YCLEPT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 58 boards so far. 243 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
YCLEPT starts with Y and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CELPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found YCLEPT?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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