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BAPTISMS
Definition of BAPTISMS
noun
plural of baptism
noun
A Christian sacrament, by which one is received into a church and sometimes given a name, generally involving the candidate to be anointed with or submerged in water.
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Word DNA
BAPTISMS inherits its ancestry from its root, BAPTISM.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,608)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BAPTISM · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BAPTISMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BAPTISMS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABIMPSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start BAPTIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BAPTISMS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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