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FRUGALITY
Definition of FRUGALITY
noun
The quality of being frugal; prudent economy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French frugalité. By surface analysis, frugal + -ity.
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.
FRUGALITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 126 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FRUGALITY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AFGILRTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FRUGAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found FRUGALITY?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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