BRAY

Where it comes from

The verb is derived from Middle English brayen, brai, bray, braye (“of a person or animal: to vocalize loudly; of the weather: to make a loud sound, howl, roar”), from Old French brai, braire (“of an animal: to bray; of a person: to cry or shout out”) (modern French braire (“of an animal: to bray; of a person: to shout; to cry, weep”)), possibly from Vulgar Latin *bragiō, from Gaulish *bragu (compare Breton breugiñ (“to bray”), brammañ (“to flatulate”), Cornish bramma, brabma (“to flatulate”), Old Irish braigid (“to flatulate”)), from Proto-Celtic *brageti, *bragyeti (“to flatulate”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg- (“to flatulate; to stink”); cognate with Latin fragrō (“to smell”). Alternatively, the word could be from a Germanic source, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”), and cognate with frangere (“to break, shatter”). The noun is derived from the verb, or from Middle English brai, brait (“shriek; outcry”), from Old French brai, brait (“a cry”), from braire (“of an animal: to bray; of a person: to shout; to cry, weep”); see above.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

BRAY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.

It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First found by a player on Day 18, 7 June 2026.

Built from these letters

BRAY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start BRAY

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Also seen on Day 18