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BRAAI

/ˈbɹaɪ̯/5 letters

Definition of BRAAI

noun

A barbecue (grill), especially an open outdoor grill built specifically for the purpose of braaing.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Afrikaans braai (“to grill”), from Dutch braden (“roast”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

BRAAI in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 6 boards so far.

Day 1Day 109
Its 6 boards, across 109 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
6
Boards found on
24
First board
109
Latest board
67
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.

Built from these letters

BRAAI
5
Letters
3
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
3
Longest vowel run

BRAAI starts with B and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read AABIR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start BRAAI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

BRAAISBRAAIEDBRAAIINGBRAAIVLEIS

Could you have found BRAAI?

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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.

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