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BROODY
Definition of BROODY
adjective
Of birds: sitting persistently and protectively on a nest, in order to hatch eggs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English *brody, *brodi, from Old English brōdiġ (“broody”), equivalent to brood + -y. Cognate with German brütig (“broody”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,855)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BROODY · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BROODY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 59 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BROODY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BDOORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found BROODY?
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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