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BRICKBATS
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).
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.
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
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
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.
Could you have found BRICKBATS?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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