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BREATHY
Definition of BREATHY
adjective
Accompanied by audible breathing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From breath + -y.
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.
BREATHY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BREATHY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABEHRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BREATH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found BREATHY?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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