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BROOK
Definition of BROOK
verb
To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate.
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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).
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 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 83, 11 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Also on
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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