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BRAISING
Definition of BRAISING
verb
present participle and gerund of braise
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Word DNA
BRAISING inherits its ancestry from its root, BRAISE.
Line of descent
- Dutch
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
16th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.9%
of traced words share this origin (716)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BRAISE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Proto-Germanic, Proto-Indo-European, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BRAISING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 103 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BRAISING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ABGIINRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found BRAISING?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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