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FRESHETS
Definition of FRESHETS
noun
plural of freshet
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Word DNA
FRESHETS inherits its ancestry from its root, FRESHET.
Line of descent
- Old French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,430)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FRESHET · 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.
FRESHETS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 50 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FRESHETS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEFHRSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and S appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FRESHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FRESHETS?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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