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SANGFROID
Definition of SANGFROID
noun
Composure, self-possession or imperturbability especially when in a dangerous situation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French sang-froid, from sang (“blood”) + froid (“cold”).
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 (2,103)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
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.
SANGFROID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 63 boards so far. 190 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SANGFROID starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADFGINORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of SANGFROID. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start SANGFR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found SANGFROID?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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