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FRIVOL
Definition of FRIVOL
verb
To behave frivolously.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
FRIVOL carries 4 further meanings.
Frivolous.
To make void; annul; set aside.
To behave frivolously; indulge in gaiety or levity.
intransitive verb
To act frivolously; to trifle.
Where it comes from
From French frivole, from Latin frīvolus (“trifling, worthless”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,170)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FRIVOL · 5 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.
FRIVOL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 43 boards so far. 106 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FRIVOL starts with F and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read FILORV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of FRIVOL. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start FRIVOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found FRIVOL?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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