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BRONCHUS
Definition of BRONCHUS
noun
Either of two airways, which are primary branches of the trachea, leading directly into the lungs.
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Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Late Latin bronchus, from Ancient Greek βρόγχος (brónkhos, “trachea, throat”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,617)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
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.
BRONCHUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BRONCHUS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCHNORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BRONCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found BRONCHUS?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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