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BRACHYAXIS
Definition of BRACHYAXIS
noun
The shorter lateral axis of some crystals.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BRACHYAXIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 104, 1 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
BRACHYAXIS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABCHIRSXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start BRACHY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BRACHYAXIS?
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 75 - and most players walked straight past it.
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