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BREVES
Definition of BREVES
noun
plural of breve
noun
A semicircular diacritical mark (˘) placed above a vowel, commonly used to mark its quantity as short.
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Word DNA
BREVES inherits its ancestry from its root, BREVE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BREVE · 1 relative 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.
BREVES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BREVES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEERSV - 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.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found BREVES?
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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