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BAPTISE
Definition of BAPTISE
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard form of baptize.
verb
To perform the sacrament of baptism by sprinkling or pouring water over someone or immersing them in water.
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Word DNA
BAPTISE inherits its ancestry from its root, BAPTIZE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,280)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BAPTIZE · 8 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.
BAPTISE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BAPTISE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEIPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BAPTIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found BAPTISE?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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