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BRANCHIAL
Definition of BRANCHIAL
adjective
Of, pertaining to, or resembling gills; of or pertaining to the embryonic branchial arches and clefts from which the gills arise.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From New Latin branchialis, from Latin branchiae.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BRANCHIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 61, 20 July 2026.
Built from these letters
BRANCHIAL starts with B and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AABCHILNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start BRANCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BRANCHIAL?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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