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FRIGATOON
Definition of FRIGATOON
noun
A Venetian vessel with a square stern, having only a mainmast, jigger mast, and bowsprit; also a sloop of war ship-rigged.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Italian fregatone. Compare French frégaton and see frigate.
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.
FRIGATOON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 74, 2 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 74, 2 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FRIGATOON starts with F and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AFGINOORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FRIGAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FRIGATOON?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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