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GODSON
Definition of GODSON
noun
A male child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English godsone, gossone, from Old English godsunu (“godson”), equivalent to god- + son. Cognate with Danish gudsøn (“godson”), Swedish gudson (“godson”), Icelandic guðsonur (“godson”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,162)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Danish, Icelandic, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GODSON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GODSON starts with G and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read DGNOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start GODSON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GODSON?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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