The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BREAKDANCE
Definition of BREAKDANCE
noun
The art, or an instance, of breakdancing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From break + dance, in reference to the instrumental break sections of music.
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.
BREAKDANCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BREAKDANCE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABCDEEKNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and A appear more than once.
Words that start BREAKD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BREAKDANCE?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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