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BRISKED
Definition of BRISKED
verb
simple past and past participle of brisk
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Word DNA
BRISKED inherits its ancestry from its root, BRISK.
Line of descent
- Welsh
- Scottish Gaelic
- Irish
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
34th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (59)
branch · 0.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BRISK · 3 relatives 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.
BRISKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BRISKED starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDEIKRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BRISKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found BRISKED?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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