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BRAINCHILD
Definition of BRAINCHILD
noun
A creation of one's brain; an original idea or innovation of a person or group of people, an organization, etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From brain + child.
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.
BRAINCHILD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 87, 15 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 61, 20 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BRAINCHILD starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABCDHIILNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start BRAINC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BRAINCHILD?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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