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FRIGATES
Definition of FRIGATES
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
FRIGATES inherits its ancestry from its root, FRIGATE.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,301)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FRIGATE · 3 relatives 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.
FRIGATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 67 boards so far. 247 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FRIGATES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEFGIRST - 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 11
Could you have found FRIGATES?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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