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BRIGANDS
Definition of BRIGANDS
noun
plural of brigand
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Word DNA
BRIGANDS inherits its ancestry from its root, BRIGAND.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (980)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BRIGAND · 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.
BRIGANDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 55 boards so far. 230 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BRIGANDS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABDGINRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BRIGAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found BRIGANDS?
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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