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BRINKSMANSHIP
Definition of BRINKSMANSHIP
noun
Alternative form 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.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From brink + -s- + -manship.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BRINKSMANSHIP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BRINKSMANSHIP starts with B and ends with P. 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.
Words that start BRINKSMAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BRINKSMANSHIP?
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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