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FRIGHTED
Definition of FRIGHTED
verb
simple past and past participle 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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Word DNA
FRIGHTED inherits its ancestry from its root, FRIGHT.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,293)
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.
FRIGHTED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FRIGHTED starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEFGHIRT - 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 41
Could you have found FRIGHTED?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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