Anagram problem (sort of)

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I got this in an e-mail this morning, and I can’t figure out the answer - a friend’s nephew was playing a game and this came up as part of it (the game was Text Twist. I’ve never played, so I don’t know the rules).

Is there a six letter word that can come from the letters C-A-R-P-S-O?

I can’t seem to find one - I’ve plugged the letters into online anagram finders, I figure they could well miss something. Then I thought, “aha! The dopers! They know everything.”. So I’m throwing it out to the people out there in Dopeland to see if there is, in fact, an answer for this.

Thanks. :slight_smile:

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COPRAS

Copra is the dried flesh of the coconut from which the opi is extracted.

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Make that oil, not opi.

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I considered that, qts, but I can’t seem to verify that copras is a valid plural - and given the definition of copra, it doesn’t make sense.

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Ok, I went over to my university library and checked the OED online, and I don’t see a plural listed there, so I’m not at all sure that it’s the right word.

I’ll keep it in as a suggestion though. Thanks. :slight_smile:

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Um … how about CORAPS? You know, if you’re rapping and someone helps out, that person could be said to corap.

Sorry. That’s all I’ve got. :slight_smile:

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Crapos, the Greek God of Poop. It’s a proper name, which is why it’s not in the anagram generators.

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… I puzzled over it for a while… then cheated and consulted an online anagram generator. (yeah… i took the easy way out… I fail. :slight_smile: )

Copras was the only word they could make without splitting it into two words (like A CROPS).

By the way, i play text twist… at the end of a round, it tells you all the combinations you missed. The person who was playing (your nephew, did you say?) should have seen the actual answer by now; check with him to see if COPRAS is right. (unless he maybe missed it or something.)