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FERRANDINE
Definition of FERRANDINE
noun
A kind of cloth made of silk and wool.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
French; compare Old French ferrant (“iron-gray”), from Latin ferrum (“iron”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.2%
of traced words share this origin (10,073)
branch · 33.2% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FERRANDINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
FERRANDINE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEEFINNRR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E, R and N appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FERRAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FERRANDINE?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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