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FRIGID
Definition of FRIGID
adjective
Very cold; lacking warmth; icy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin frīgidus (“cold”), from frīgeō (“to be cold”), from frīgus (“cold, coldness”), from Proto-Indo-European *sríHgos.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Proto-Indo-European
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,201)
How it is built
Same root, FRIGID · 3 relatives in the game
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.
FRIGID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 55 boards so far. 184 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FRIGID starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DFGIIR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start FRIGID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found FRIGID?
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