The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BREAKPOINT
Definition of BREAKPOINT
noun
A point in a program at which operation may be interrupted during debugging so that the state of the program at that point can be investigated.
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Where it comes from
From break + point.
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.
BREAKPOINT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BREAKPOINT starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABEIKNOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found BREAKPOINT?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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