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BREATHES
Definition of BREATHES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative 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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Word DNA
BREATHES inherits its ancestry from its root, BREATH.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,654)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BREATH · 6 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.
BREATHES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 41 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BREATHES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABEEHRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BREATH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found BREATHES?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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