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FRACT
Definition of FRACT
verb
To break; to violate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin frāctus, past participle of frangere (“to break”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,330)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FRACT · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FRACT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FRACT starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACFRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 FRACT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found FRACT?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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