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BROODINGS

/ˈbɹuːdɪŋz/9 letters

Definition of BROODINGS

noun

plural of brooding

BROODING

adjective

Broody; incubating eggs by sitting on them.

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Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllables

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BROODINGS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 156
Its 32 boards, across 156 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
32
Boards found on
26
First board
148
Latest board
12
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.

Built from these letters

BROODINGS
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

BROODINGS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BDGINOORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start BROODI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

BROODIERBROODIESBROODILYBROODINGBROODIESTBROODINESSBROODINGLYBROODINESSES

Could you have found BROODINGS?

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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.

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