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BRANSLE
Definition of BRANSLE
noun
Obsolete form of branle.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French bransle, variant form of branle.
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.
BRANSLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 79, 7 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 39 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BRANSLE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABELNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BRANSL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found BRANSLE?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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