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BREVETTING
Definition of BREVETTING
verb
present participle and gerund of brevet
noun
A military document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily, but without an increase in pay.
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Word DNA
BREVETTING inherits its ancestry from its root, BREVET.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,330)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BREVET · 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.
BREVETTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
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
BREVETTING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BEEGINRTTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BREVET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BREVETTING?
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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