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BREAST
Definition of BREAST
noun
Either of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in males.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English brest, from Old English brēost, from Proto-West Germanic *breust, from Proto-Germanic *breustą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell”). Compare West Frisian boarst, Danish bryst, Swedish bröst; cf. also Dutch borst, German Brust.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,201)
How it is built
Same root, BREAST · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BREAST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 18, 7 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BREAST starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABERST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BREAST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found BREAST?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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