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DEFROCK
Definition of DEFROCK
verb
To divest of a frock.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
DEFROCK carries 4 further meanings.
transitive verb
To strip of priestly privileges and functions.
transitive verb
To deprive of the right to practice a profession.
transitive verb
To deprive of an honorary position.
Same as unfrock.
Where it comes from
From French défroquer, from dé- + froc. By surface analysis, de- + frock.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,168)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DEFROCK · 3 relatives in the game
DEFROCK in a sentence
“A senior Catholic Church official has threatened controversy by saying that it would be safer not to "defrock" priests who had been convicted of sexually abusing children.”
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph, 2010
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEFROCK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 85 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEFROCK starts with D and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CDEFKOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of DEFROCK. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
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 DEFROC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found DEFROCK?
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