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BRIS
Definition of BRIS
noun
Ritual male circumcision; the ceremony in which this is performed.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Yiddish ברית (bris), from Hebrew בְּרִית (bərîṯ, “covenant”).
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.
BRIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 75 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BRIS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BIRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 BRIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found BRIS?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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