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BRIER

5 letters

Definition of BRIER

noun

Alternative spelling of briar.

BRIAR

noun

Any of many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters, such as many in the Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax genera.

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Word DNA

How it is built

noun

Same root, BRIER · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BRIER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 153
Its 3 boards, across 153 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
140
First board
153
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.

Built from these letters

BRIER
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

BRIER starts with B and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read BEIRR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.

Words that start BRIER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

BRIERSBRIERYBRIEREDBRIERIERBRIERIESTBRIERROOTBRIERWOODBRIERROOTSBRIERWOODS

Could you have found BRIER?

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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.

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