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BRACKISH
Definition of BRACKISH
adjective
Of water, salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Scottish brack (from Middle Dutch brac (“brackish”)) + -ish. Cognate with Dutch brak (“brackish”), German Low German brack, brakerg, brakig (“brackish”), German brackig (“brackish”), Danish brak (“brackish”), Swedish bräck (“brackish”), Norwegian brakk (“brackish”). Perhaps a distant doublet of brook.
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.
BRACKISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 192 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BRACKISH starts with B and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ABCHIKRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BRACKI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found BRACKISH?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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