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BRONCHIOLE
Definition of BRONCHIOLE
noun
Any of the small cartilage-less branches of a bronchus.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From bronchial + -ole.
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.
BRONCHIOLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BRONCHIOLE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BCEHILNOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start BRONCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found BRONCHIOLE?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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