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GRANDFATHER
Definition of GRANDFATHER
noun
A father of someone's parent.
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Where it comes from
The noun is derived from Middle English grandfadre, graundfadir, graunfadir, grauntfader, and other forms, from graunt (“big, large; great, important”) + fā̆der (“male parent, father; remoter male ancestor”), probably modelled after Middle French grandpere, grant pere (“male parent; remoter male ancestor”) (whence French grand-père); the English word is analysable as grand- + father. Superseded earlier eldfather, elderfather. The verb is derived from the noun.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (913)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GRANDFATHER · 2 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.
GRANDFATHER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GRANDFATHER starts with G and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AADEFGHNRRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and A appear more than once.
Words that start GRANDFA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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