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BRAWN
Definition of BRAWN
noun
Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English brawne, from Old French braon (“slice of meat, fleshy part, buttock”), from Frankish *brādon, *brādan, accusative form of *brādō (“roasted meat, ham”), from Proto-Germanic *brēdô (“meat, roast”), of uncertain further origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (“to burn, heat”). Akin to Old High German brāto (“tender meat”) (German Braten (“roast”)), Old English brǣde, brǣd (“flesh, meat”), Old Norse bráð (“raw meat”).
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.
BRAWN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 57 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BRAWN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABNRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BRAWN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found BRAWN?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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