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FRIGHT
Definition of FRIGHT
noun
A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English fright, furht, from Old English fryhtu, fyrhto (“fright, fear, dread, trembling, horrible sight”), from Proto-Germanic *furhtį̄ (“fear”), from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥k- (“to fear”). Cognate with Scots fricht (“fright”), Old Frisian fruchte (“fright”), Low German frucht (“fright”), Middle Dutch vrucht, German Furcht (“fear, fright”), Danish frygt (“fear”), Swedish fruktan (“fear, fright, dread”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌹 (faurhtei, “fear, horror, fright”). Compare possibly Albanian frikë (“fear, fright, dread, danger”).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,223)
How it is built
Same root, FRIGHT · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Middle Dutch, Scots, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FRIGHT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FRIGHT starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read FGHIRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FRIGHT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found FRIGHT?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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