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FROTTAGE
Definition of FROTTAGE
verb
To rub, especially to rub onto one surface placed upon another surface that is textured, in order to create a mottled or patterned area on the first surface.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French frottage (“rubbing”), from frotter (“to rub”) + -age (suffix forming nouns).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FROTTAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FROTTAGE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEFGORTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found FROTTAGE?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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