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FRANKPLEDGE
Definition of FRANKPLEDGE
noun
A form of collective suretyship and punishment under English law among the members of a tithing.
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Where it comes from
From Anglo-Latin franciplegium, a Latinization of Anglo-Norman frauncplege ("free pledge"), a mistranslation of Old English friðborh ("pledge of peace"), which had the corrupted form friborh, which led to the Modern English term friborg, as if it were *freoborh ("free pledge"). See also friborg, which refers to the predecessor of frankpledge.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Anglo-Norman
- Latin
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,226)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FRANKPLEDGE · 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.
FRANKPLEDGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FRANKPLEDGE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEEFGKLNPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found FRANKPLEDGE?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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