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FROCK
Definition of FROCK
noun
A dress, a piece of clothing, which consists of a skirt and a cover for the upper body.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English frok, frokke, from Old French froc (“frock, a monk's gown or habit”), perhaps via Medieval Latin hrocus, roccus, rocus (“a coat”), from Frankish *hrokk (“skirt, dress, robe”), from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz (“robe, jacket, skirt, tunic”), from Proto-Indo-European *kreḱ- (“to weave”). Cognate with Old High German hroch, roch (“skirt, dress, cowl”) – whence German Rock (“skirt, coat”) –, Saterland Frisian Rok (“skirt”), Dutch rok (“skirt, petticoat”), Old English rocc (“an overgarment, tunic, rochet”), Old Norse rokkr (“skirt, jacket”), whence Danish rok (“garment”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FROCK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 56 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FROCK starts with F and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CFKOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FROCK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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