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BROCH
Definition of BROCH
noun
A type of Iron Age stone tower with hollow double-layered walls found on Orkney, Shetland, in the Hebrides and parts of the Scottish mainland.
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Where it comes from
From Scots broch, from Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz. Doublet of borough and burgh.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse
- Scots
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,888)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BROCH · 2 relatives 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.
BROCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BROCH starts with B and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read BCHOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BROCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found BROCH?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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