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BRICKBATS

/ˈbɹɪkbæts/9 letters

Definition of BRICKBATS

noun

Small rocky particles moving as a group in space, especially as forming rings around planets.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From brickbat + -s. The plural only sense (“small rocky particles moving as a group in space”) was coined by the Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879) and is used chiefly in reference to his writings.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BRICKBATS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Boards found on
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First board
10
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.

First ever to find it

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on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BRICKBATS
9
Letters
2
Vowels
7
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BRICKBATS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABBCIKRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B appears more than once.

Words that start BRICKB

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

BRICKBAT

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