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BREAM

/bɹiːm/5 letters

Definition of BREAM

noun

A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English breme, from Old French breme, bresme, braisme, brasme (whence French brème), from Frankish *brahsma, *brahsima (whence Dutch brasem), from Proto-West Germanic *brahsmō (whence Old High German brahsma, brahsmo, brahsina, brehsina (whence German Brasse, Brachse (“bream”))), from Proto-Germanic *brahsmô, *brahsinō, *brahsmaz (“bream”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *brehwanaz (“shining, glittery, sparkly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerek- (“to shine”) (see braid (verb)).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BREAM in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 58 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 111
Its 28 boards, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
28
Boards found on
3
First board
110
Latest board
18
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 3, 24 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

mattstan

on Day 3, 24 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BREAM
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

BREAM starts with B and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ABEMR - 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 BREAM

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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