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FRENCH
Definition of FRENCH
verb
To prepare food by cutting it into strips.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English French, Frensch, Frensh, from Old English Frencisc (“of the Franks, Frankish, French”), from Franca (“a Frank”). Compare Old High German Franko (“a Frank”), akin to Old English franca (“javelin, spear”), from the use of such weapons by the Franks.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,908)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FRENCH · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Frankish, German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FRENCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 2, 23 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FRENCH starts with F and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CEFHNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FRENCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FRENCH?
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 2 - and most players walked straight past it.
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