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BRAMES
Definition of BRAMES
Wiktionary has no entry for BRAMES itself. This is its base word, BRAME.
noun
Intense passion or emotion; vexation.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for BRAME.
From Middle English brame, from Old French brame, bram (“a cry of pain or longing; a yammer”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *brammjan, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bramjaną (“to roar; bellow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem- (“to make a noise; hum; buzz”). Compare Old High German breman (“to roar”), Old English bremman (“to roar”). More at brim. Compare breme.
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.
BRAMES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 79, 7 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BRAMES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABEMRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found BRAMES?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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