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BREVETCY
Definition of BREVETCY
noun
The rank or condition of a breveted officer; a temporary promoted rank.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From brevet + -cy.
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.
BREVETCY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BREVETCY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BCEERTVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start BREVET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BREVETCY?
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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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