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BRASSICA
Definition of BRASSICA
noun
Any of many plants of the genus Brassica, including cabbage, mustard and rapes
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin brassica.
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
30.5%
of traced words share this origin (24,890)
branch · 30.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BRASSICA · 1 relative 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.
BRASSICA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BRASSICA starts with B and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AABCIRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BRASSI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BRASSICA?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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