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BRINKMANSHIPS
Definition of BRINKMANSHIPS
noun
plural of brinkmanship
noun
The pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink (for example, by risking a dangerous policy) rather than to concede a point.
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Word DNA
BRINKMANSHIPS inherits its ancestry from its root, BRINKMANSHIP.
How it is built
Same root, BRINKMANSHIP · 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.
BRINKMANSHIPS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Built from these letters
BRINKMANSHIPS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABHIIKMNNPRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I, N and S appear 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.
Could you have found BRINKMANSHIPS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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