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FRAUDULENCE
Definition of FRAUDULENCE
noun
The condition of being fraudulent; deceitfulness.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French fraudulence, from Latin fraudulentia (“deceitfulness, disposition to defraud; fraudulence”), from fraudulentus (“deceitful, fraudulent”) + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns). Fraudulentus is derived from fraus (“deceit, fraud”) (from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrew- (“to mislead”)) + -ulentus (“abounding in, full of”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,636)
How it is built
Same root, FRAUDULENCE · 1 relative in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FRAUDULENCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FRAUDULENCE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEFLNRUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U and E appear more than once.
Words that start FRAUDUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found FRAUDULENCE?
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