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BRAWNY
Definition of BRAWNY
adjective
Characterized by brawn; muscular, thewy; strong.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English brawny; equivalent to brawn + -y.
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.
BRAWNY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 142 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BRAWNY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABNRWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found BRAWNY?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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