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BRIERS
Definition of BRIERS
noun
plural of brier
BRIAR · via brier
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
BRIERS inherits its ancestry from its root, BRIAR.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,351)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BRIAR · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic, Old Norse.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BRIERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BRIERS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEIRRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Could you have found BRIERS?
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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