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FROLICS
Definition of FROLICS
noun
plural of frolic
adjective
Merry, joyous, full of mirth; later especially, frolicsome, sportive, full of playful mischief.
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Word DNA
FROLICS inherits its ancestry from its root, FROLIC.
Line of descent
- Proto-Germanic
- Middle Dutch
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.4%
of traced words share this origin (970)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FROLIC · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Middle English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FROLICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 39 boards so far. 119 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FROLICS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CFILORS - 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 29
Could you have found FROLICS?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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