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FRIT
Definition of FRIT
noun
A pre-fused ceramic mixture used to make glass and glazes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Either from French fritte, from frit (“fried”), or else from Italian fritta f (“fried”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.9%
of traced words share this origin (548)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FRIT · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FRIT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 44 boards so far. 109 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FRIT starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read FIRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FRIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found FRIT?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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