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FRITTER
Definition of FRITTER
noun
Synonym of pancake, a portion of batter fried on a pan.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English fryture, from Middle French friture, from Old French friture, from Vulgar Latin *frīctūra, from Latin frīgō (“to fry”); compare fry. For the development of Middle English /iu̯r(ə)/ into /ə(ɹ)/, compare armour, batter, border, solder.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FRITT · 4 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.
FRITTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 53 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FRITTER starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EFIRRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FRITTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FRITTER?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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