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BRANES
Definition of BRANES
noun
plural of brane
noun
A hypothetical object extending across a number of (often specified) spatial dimensions, with strings in string theory seen as one-dimensional examples.
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Word DNA
BRANES inherits its ancestry from its root, BRAN.
Line of descent
7 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
16th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.9%
of traced words share this origin (695)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BRAN · 5 relatives 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.
BRANES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 81, 9 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BRANES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABENRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found BRANES?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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