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FRIGATE
Definition of FRIGATE
noun
Any of several types of warship: A sailing warship (of any size) built for speed and maneuverability; typically without raised upperworks, having a flush forecastle and tumblehome sides. A sailing warship with a single continuous gun deck, typically used for patrolling and blockading duties, but not considered large enough for the line of battle. A warship combining sail and steam propulsion, typically of ironclad timber construction, supplementing and superseding sailing ships of the line at the beginning of the development of the ironclad battleship. An escort warship, smaller than a destroyer, introduced in World War 2 as an anti-submarine vessel. A modern type of warship, equivalent in size or smaller than a destroyer, often focused on anti-submarine warfare, but sometimes general purpose.
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Where it comes from
From French frégate, from Italian fregata, of uncertain origin.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
2%
of traced words share this origin (576)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FRIGATE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FRIGATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 65 boards so far. 272 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
FRIGATE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEFGIRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FRIGAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found FRIGATE?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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