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FRITES
Definition of FRITES
Wiktionary has no entry for FRITES itself. This is its base word, FRIT.
noun
A pre-fused ceramic mixture used to make glass and glazes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for FRIT.
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 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, 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.
FRITES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 58 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FRITES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EFIRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
7 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found FRITES?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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