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BRANCH
Definition of BRANCH
noun
The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English branche, braunche, bronche, from Old French branche, branke, from Late Latin branca (“footprint”, later also “paw, claw”) (whence Middle High German pranke, German Pranke (“paw”)), of unknown origin. Perhaps of Celtic origin, from a hypothetical Gaulish *vranca, from Proto-Indo-European *wrónk-eh₂. If so, then Indo-European cognates include Old Norse rá, vró (“angle, corner”), and possibly Lithuanian rankà (“hand”), Old Church Slavonic рѫка (rǫka, “hand”), Albanian rangë (“yardwork”). The verb is from Middle English braunchen, from the noun.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BRANCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BRANCH starts with B and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ABCHNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BRANCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found BRANCH?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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