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OUTBREAKING
Definition of OUTBREAKING
noun
The act of breaking out; an outbreak.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English outbrekynge, equivalent to outbreak + -ing and/or out- + breaking.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,287)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OUTBREAK · 2 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.
OUTBREAKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 60, 19 July 2026.
Built from these letters
OUTBREAKING starts with O and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ABEGIKNORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OUTBREA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 60
Could you have found OUTBREAKING?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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