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BRECCIA
Definition of BRECCIA
noun
A rock composed of angular fragments in a matrix that may be of a similar or a different material.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian breccia, from French brèche, from Middle French breche, from Old French breche, from Vulgar Latin *breca, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *breka.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
40th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (40)
branch · 22.8% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BRECCIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BRECCIA starts with B and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ABCCEIR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 BRECCI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BRECCIA?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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