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FRICATION
Definition of FRICATION
noun
friction
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Derived from Old French frication.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (829)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FRICATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 141, 8 October 2026.
Built from these letters
FRICATION starts with F and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACFIINORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start FRICAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FRICATION?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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