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BRACHIOPODS
Definition of BRACHIOPODS
noun
plural 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
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Word DNA
BRACHIOPODS inherits its ancestry from its root, BRACHIOPOD.
How it is built
Same root, BRACHIOPOD · 1 relative 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.
BRACHIOPODS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BRACHIOPODS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCDHIOOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start BRACHIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found BRACHIOPODS?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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