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BRAINWASHED
Definition of BRAINWASHED
verb
simple past and past participle of brainwash
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Word DNA
BRAINWASHED inherits its ancestry from its root, BRAINWASH.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
52nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0%
of traced words share this origin (13)
branch · 0% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BRAINWASH · 1 relative 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.
BRAINWASHED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BRAINWASHED starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AABDEHINRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start BRAINWA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found BRAINWASHED?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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