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BROCADES
Definition of BROCADES
noun
plural of brocade
noun
A thick heavy fabric into which raised patterns have been woven, originally in gold and silver; more recently any cloth incorporating raised, woven patterns.
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Other senses
BROCADES carries 2 further meanings.
noun
Plural form of brocade.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brocade.
Word DNA
BROCADES inherits its ancestry from its root, BROCADE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,299)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BROCADE · 2 relatives in the game
BROCADES in a sentence
“She was clad in brocades befitting Kings; her breasts were like twin pomegranates, a woven zone set with all kinds of jewels tightly clasped her waist which expanded below into jutting hips; and her hinder cheeks stood out as a mound of crystal185 supporting a silvern shaft.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BROCADES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 44 boards so far. 98 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BROCADES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCDEORS - 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 BROCAD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found BROCADES?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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