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BROOK
Definition of BROOK
verb
To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English brouken (“to use, enjoy”), from Old English brūcan (“to enjoy, brook, use, possess, partake of, spend”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūkan, from Proto-Germanic *brūkaną (“to enjoy, use”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- (“to enjoy”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian bruke (“to need”), Dutch bruiken (“to use”), German Low German bruken (“to need”), German brauchen (“to need”), Swedish bruka (“to use”), Icelandic brúka (“to use”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,293)
How it is built
Same root, BROOK · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Icelandic, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BROOK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BROOK starts with B and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read BKOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BROOK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found BROOK?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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