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FRAUDULENT
Definition of FRAUDULENT
adjective
Dishonest; based on fraud or deception.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English fraudulent, from Old French fraudulent, from Latin fraudulentus, from fraus (“fraud”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FRAUDULENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 102 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FRAUDULENT starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADEFLNRTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start FRAUDU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found FRAUDULENT?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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