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BRIMINGS

/bɹɪm/8 letters

Definition of BRIMINGS

Wiktionary has no entry for BRIMINGS itself. This is its base word, BRIM.

noun

Originally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; now, any border or edge. The topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container.

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Where it comes from

The origin recorded for BRIM.

The noun is derived from Middle English brymme, brimme (“bank or edge of a lake or river; shore of a sea; brink; rim”); of unclear origin; compare Middle High German brem (“margin”). The verb is derived from the noun.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

BRIMINGS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 112
Its 2 boards, across 112 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
72
First board
81
Latest board
9
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 81, 9 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.

First ever to find it

happy_tater

on Day 72, 31 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BRIMINGS
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BRIMINGS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BGIIMNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start BRIMIN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.

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