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BROMELAIN
Definition of BROMELAIN
noun
Either of two proteolytic enzymes, found in pineapples, that are used as meat tenderizers.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From translingual Bromelia + -in with simplification. (Can this etymology be sourced?)
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.
BROMELAIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 89, 17 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BROMELAIN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABEILMNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BROMEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found BROMELAIN?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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