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FRIAND
Definition of FRIAND
noun
A type of cake, similar to the French financier, but with the addition of fruits or other flavourings; commonly eaten with coffee.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
A borrowing from French.
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.
FRIAND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 59, 18 July 2026.
Built from these letters
FRIAND starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADFINR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FRIAND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 59
Could you have found FRIAND?
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 59 - and most players walked straight past it.
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