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BRIG
Definition of BRIG
noun
A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Abbreviated from brigantine, from Italian brigantino; in sense “jail”, from the use of such ships as prisons.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BRIG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BRIG starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BGIR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BRIG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found BRIG?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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