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BRASS
Definition of BRASS
noun
A metallic alloy of copper and zinc used in many industrial and plumbing applications.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English bras, bres, from Old English bræs (“brass, bronze”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps representing a backformation from Proto-Germanic *brasnaz (“brazen”), from or related to *brasō (“fire, pyre”). Compare Old Norse and Icelandic bras (“solder”), Icelandic brasa (“to harden in the fire”), Swedish brasa (“a small controlled fire”), Danish brase (“to fry”); French braser ("to solder"; > English braise) from the same Germanic root. Compare also Middle Dutch braspenninc ("a silver coin", literally, "silver-penny"; > Dutch braspenning), Old Frisian bress (“copper”), Middle Low German bras (“metal, ore”) and برنج (branj, “brass”) In the military sense an ellipsis of the brass hats.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,952)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BRASS · 9 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, French, Icelandic, Middle Dutch, Middle Low German, Old Norse, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BRASS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BRASS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BRASS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BRASS?
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