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BROOCHED
Definition of BROOCHED
verb
simple past and past participle of brooch
noun
A piece of ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.
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Word DNA
BROOCHED inherits its ancestry from its root, BROOCH.
How it is built
Same root, BROOCH · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BROOCHED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BROOCHED starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BCDEHOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BROOCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found BROOCHED?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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