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FROTTEUR
Definition of FROTTEUR
noun
One who commits an act of frotteurism.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French frotteur (“one who rubs”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,061)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FROTTEUR · 1 relative 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.
FROTTEUR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 138, 5 October 2026.
Built from these letters
FROTTEUR starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EFORRTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found FROTTEUR?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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