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BROG
Definition of BROG
noun
A pointed instrument, such as a joiner's awl.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic bròg. Compare brob.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BROG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
BROG starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BGOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BROG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BROG?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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