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BREAKS
Definition of BREAKS
noun
plural of break
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Break + -s, pluralisation suffix.
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.
BREAKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 60, 19 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 42 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BREAKS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABEKRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BREAKS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found BREAKS?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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