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FRANGIPANE
Definition of FRANGIPANE
noun
A cream made from ground almonds used in confectionery
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French frangipane; see frangipani for more.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,886)
branch · 15.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FRANGIPANE · 1 relative 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.
FRANGIPANE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 44 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FRANGIPANE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEFGINNPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and N appear more than once.
Words that start FRANGI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FRANGIPANE?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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