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BRAIL
Definition of BRAIL
noun
A small rope used to truss up sails.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English brayle, from Old French braiel, from Medieval Latin bracale (“girdle”) (from bracae (“breeches”)).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,487)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BRAIL · 3 relatives 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.
BRAIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 67 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BRAIL starts with B and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ABILR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BRAIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found BRAIL?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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