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BARRAGES
Definition of BARRAGES
noun
plural of barrage
noun
An artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow.
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Word DNA
BARRAGES inherits its ancestry from its root, BARRAGE.
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 (4,282)
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.
BARRAGES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BARRAGES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABEGRRS - 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 BARRAGES?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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