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BREECH
Definition of BREECH
noun
A garment whose purpose is to cover or clothe the buttocks.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English breche, from Old English brēċ, from Proto-Germanic *brōkiz pl, from Proto-Germanic *brōks (“clothing for loins and thighs”). Cognate with Dutch broek, Alemannic German Bruech, Swedish brok. Doublet of vraka.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,672)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BREECH · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BREECH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 50 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BREECH starts with B and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read BCEEHR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BREECH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found BREECH?
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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