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FRAGILE
Definition of FRAGILE
adjective
Easily broken, not sturdy; of delicate material.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French fragile, from Latin fragilis, formed on frag-, the root of frangere (“to break”). Cognate with fraction, fracture and doublet of frail.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,951)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FRAGILE · 2 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.
FRAGILE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 60 boards so far. 157 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FRAGILE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEFGILR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FRAGIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found FRAGILE?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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