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FRAGRANT
Definition of FRAGRANT
adjective
Sweet-smelling; having a pleasant (usually strong) scent or fragrance.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin frāgrāns, present active participle of frāgrō (“to smell”).
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
32.4%
of traced words share this origin (8,352)
branch · 32.4% 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.
FRAGRANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 127, 24 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FRAGRANT starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AAFGNRRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and A appear more than once.
Words that start FRAGRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FRAGRANT?
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 127 - and most players walked straight past it.
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