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FRET
Definition of FRET
verb
Especially when describing animals: to consume, devour, or eat.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English frēten (“to eat (at), corrode, destroy, annoy”), from Old English fretan (“to eat up, devour; to fret; to break, burst”), from Proto-West Germanic *fraetan, from Proto-Germanic *fraetaną (“to consume, devour, eat up”), from Proto-Germanic *fra- (“for-, prefix meaning ‘completely, fully’”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pro- (“forward, toward”)) + *etaną (“to eat”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”)). The senses meaning “to chafe, rub” could also be due to sound-association with Anglo-Norman *freiter (modern dialectal French fretter), from Vulgar Latin *frictāre, frequentative of Latin fricāre, from fricō (“to chafe, rub”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreyH- (“to cut”); compare Old French froter (modern French frotter). The chief difficulty is the lack of evidence of the Old French word.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FRET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FRET starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EFRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FRET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found FRET?
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