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BREATHE
Definition of BREATHE
verb
To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English brethen (“to breathe, blow, exhale, odour”), derived from Middle English breth (“breath”). Eclipsed Middle English ethien and orðiæn, from Old English ēþian and orþian (“to breathe”); as well as Middle English anden, onden, from Old Norse anda (“to breathe”). More at breath.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (833)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BREATHE · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BREATHE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 39 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BREATHE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEEHRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start BREATH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found BREATHE?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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