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GRANDPARENT
Definition of GRANDPARENT
noun
The parent of someone's parent.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From grand- + parent. Compare French grand-parent.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GRANDPARENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 1, 22 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GRANDPARENT starts with G and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AADEGNNPRRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R, A and N appear more than once.
Words that start GRANDPA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found GRANDPARENT?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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