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BROKINGS

/ˈbɹəʊ̯k/8 letters

Definition of BROKINGS

Wiktionary has no entry for BROKINGS itself. This is its base word, BROKE.

verb

simple past of break

BREAK

verb

To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.

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Where it comes from

The origin recorded for BROKE.

Ablauted form of break.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

verb1 syllable

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

BROKINGS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 5 boards so far.

Day 1Day 149
Its 5 boards, across 149 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
37
First board
107
Latest board
47
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 42 days.

First ever to find it

cicero

on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BROKINGS
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BROKINGS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BGIKNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start BROKIN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found BROKINGS?

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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.

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