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BROOD
Definition of BROOD
noun
The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English brood, brod, from Old English brōd (“brood; foetus; breeding, hatching”), from Proto-Germanic *brōduz (“heat, breeding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (“breath, mist, vapour, steam”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BROOD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 15, 4 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BROOD starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BROOD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found BROOD?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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