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FRIGATOONS
Definition of FRIGATOONS
noun
plural 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.
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Word DNA
FRIGATOONS inherits its ancestry from its root, FRIGATOON.
Line of descent
- Italian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2%
of traced words share this origin (576)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FRIGATOON · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FRIGATOONS 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 83, 11 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 67 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 72, 31 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FRIGATOONS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AFGINOORST - 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 FRIGATOONS?
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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