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BRICOLAGE
Definition of BRICOLAGE
noun
Construction using whatever materials were available at the time.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
BRICOLAGE carries 3 further meanings.
noun
Something made or put together using whatever materials happen to be available.
noun
Construction using whatever was available at the time.
noun
Something constructed using whatever was available at the time.
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French bricolage.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,177)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BRICOLAGE · 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.
BRICOLAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 78 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BRICOLAGE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABCEGILOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BRICOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found BRICOLAGE?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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