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FRANGIBLE
Definition of FRANGIBLE
adjective
Able to be broken; breakable, fragile.
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Other senses
FRANGIBLE carries 4 further meanings.
adjective
Capable of being broken; breakable. synonym: fragile.
Capable of being broken; liable to fracture; breakable.
adjective
Capable of being broken; brittle; fragile; easily broken.
adjective
capable of being broken
Where it comes from
From Late Middle English frangible, frangibil, from Middle French frangible, or from Medieval Latin frangibilis, from Latin frangere (from frangō (“to break, shatter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”)) + -ibilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,622)
How it is built
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
FRANGIBLE in a sentence
“It is a place so tranquil, so steeped in frangible scenes of beauty, it defies the popular cobwebs of conflict that seem not so long ago.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FRANGIBLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 50 boards so far. 140 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
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
FRANGIBLE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEFGILNR - 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 FRANGIBLE. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start FRANGI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found FRANGIBLE?
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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