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FRICATIVES
Definition of FRICATIVES
noun
plural of fricative
noun
Any of several speech sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonant.
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Another sense
FRICATIVES carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of fricative.
Word DNA
FRICATIVES inherits its ancestry from its root, FRICATIVE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FRICATIVE · 1 relative in the game
FRICATIVES in a sentence
“I'll tell you what it doth profit as soon as I can untie my tongue from these frigging fricatives.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FRICATIVES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 143 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FRICATIVES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEFIIRSTV - 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.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found FRICATIVES?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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