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STEPCHILD
Definition of STEPCHILD
noun
The child of one's spouse from a previous relationship.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English stepchild, stepchyld, from Old English stēopċild (“stepchild”), equivalent to step- + child. Compare Dutch stiefkind (“stepchild”), German Stiefkind (“stepchild”), Swedish styvbarn (“stepchild”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,042)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Dutch, German, 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.
STEPCHILD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 96, 24 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 65 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 96, 24 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STEPCHILD starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEHILPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found STEPCHILD?
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 96 - and most players walked straight past it.
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