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FROLICKY
Definition of FROLICKY
adjective
frolicsome
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From frolic + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FROLICKY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 122, 19 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FROLICKY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CFIKLORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FROLIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found FROLICKY?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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