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FRATCHED
Definition of FRATCHED
verb
simple past and past participle of fratch
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Word DNA
FRATCHED inherits its ancestry from its root, FRATCH.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,155)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FRATCH · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Scots.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FRATCHED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FRATCHED starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEFHRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FRATCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FRATCHED?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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