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BRIQUET
Definition of BRIQUET
noun
Alternative form of briquette in all its senses.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
In most senses, a variant spelling of briquette. As a lighter, a borrowing of French briquet, from Middle French briquet (“piece, morsel”), from brique (“brick, block”) + -et (suffix forming masculine diminutives). The sword is so called due to its small size and perceived resemblance to a firelighter.
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.
BRIQUET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
BRIQUET starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BEIQRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start BRIQUE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found BRIQUET?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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