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BRAINS
Definition of BRAINS
noun
plural of brain
noun
The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull, consisting of the cerebrum, cerebellum, and brainstem, which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
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Word DNA
BRAINS inherits its ancestry from its root, BRAIN.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.8%
of traced words share this origin (2,661)
How it is built
Same root, BRAIN · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Dutch, Scots.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BRAINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BRAINS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABINRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BRAINS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found BRAINS?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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