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BROMIDE
Definition of BROMIDE
noun
A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From brom- + -ide. First used in the sense “dull person” by American artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist Gelett Burgess. Figurative sense ("platitude") by extending the medicating sense through the metaphor of pacifying or placating.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BROMIDE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 63 boards so far. 309 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BROMIDE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BDEIMOR - 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 BROMID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BROMIDE?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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