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BRACHIOPOD
Definition of BRACHIOPOD
noun
Any of many marine invertebrates, of the phylum Brachiopoda, that have bivalve dorsal and ventral shells with two tentacle-bearing arms that capture food
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from translingual Brachiopoda. By surface analysis, brachio- + -pod.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BRACHIOPOD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BRACHIOPOD starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABCDHIOOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start BRACHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found BRACHIOPOD?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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