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STEPSON
Definition of STEPSON
noun
The son of one's spouse from a previous relationship.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English stepsone, stepsune, from Old English stēopsunu (“stepson”), from Proto-Germanic *steupasunuz (“stepson”), equivalent to step- + son. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Stäifsuun (“stepson”), West Frisian styfsoan (“stepson”), Dutch stiefzoon (“stepson”), German Low German Steevsöhn (“stepson”), German Stiefsohn (“stepson”), Danish stedsøn (“stepson”), Swedish styvson (“stepson”), Icelandic stjúpsonur (“stepson”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STEPSON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STEPSON starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ENOPSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start STEPSO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STEPSON?
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