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BROCHETTE
Definition of BROCHETTE
noun
A small skewer or spit on which small pieces of meat, fish or vegetables are roasted or broiled.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French brochette, diminutive of broche (“spit”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,418)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BROCHETTE · 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.
BROCHETTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 50 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BROCHETTE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BCEEHORTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BROCHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BROCHETTE?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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