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BREEZE
Definition of BREEZE
noun
A light, gentle wind.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the earlier (nautical) term brise, brize (“breeze”), from Middle English brees (“wind”). Ultimate origin obscure. Variously supposed to derive from a Germanic source like Saterland Frisian Briese (“breeze”), West Frisian brys (“a cool wind”), Dutch bries (“breeze”), early Dutch brysen (“to blow cool and fresh”), or from Spanish brisa (“northeast wind”). The earliest attestations are in Middle English brees (1460), Catalan brisa, and Italian brezza (all in 15th century), with Spanish (1504) and Portuguese briza (16th century) following closely after. The aforementioned Dutch cognates and French brise, however, are attested later than the term in English. The only internal hypothesis for any of those languages is a modification of Old Occitan bisa (“strong wind”), which is not widely accepted. Compare also Albanian breshër (“hail”).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
9 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
46th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (55)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BREEZE · 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.
BREEZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 176, 12 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 176, 12 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BREEZE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEEERZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
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 BREEZE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BREEZE?
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 176 - and most players walked straight past it.
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