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BARRAGE
Definition of BARRAGE
noun
An artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from French barrage (“barrage, barrier”) c. 1859. Compare barrier.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,194)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BARRAGE · 2 relatives 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.
BARRAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BARRAGE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABEGRR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and R appear more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BARRAG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BARRAGE?
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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