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BRAYED
Definition of BRAYED
verb
past participle of bray
verb
Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.
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Word DNA
BRAYED inherits its ancestry from its root, BRAY.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,259)
How it is built
Same root, BRAY · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Proto-Germanic.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BRAYED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 60 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BRAYED starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABDERY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found BRAYED?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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