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BRISANCE

/ˈbɹiːzɑ̃s/8 letters

Definition of BRISANCE

noun

The shattering effect of the energy released in an explosion.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From French brisant, present participle of briser (“to break”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BRISANCE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 4 boards so far.

Day 1Day 99
Its 4 boards, across 99 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
4
Boards found on
36
First board
97
Latest board
36
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

ebar08

on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BRISANCE
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BRISANCE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABCEINRS - 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 BRISAN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

BRISANTBRISANCES

Could you have found BRISANCE?

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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.

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