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BROOKIE
Definition of BROOKIE
noun
A brook trout.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From brook + -ie (diminutive suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BROOK · 7 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BROOKIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BROOKIE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEIKOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BROOKI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found BROOKIE?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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