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FRETTED
Definition of FRETTED
verb
simple past and past participle of fret
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fret.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FRETTED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FRETTED starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEFRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FRETTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FRETTED?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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