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BRIGADE
Definition of BRIGADE
noun
A group of people organized for a common purpose.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French brigade.
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.
BRIGADE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 63 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BRIGADE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABDEGIR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BRIGAD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found BRIGADE?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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