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BROOKIES
Definition of BROOKIES
noun
plural of brookie
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Word DNA
BROOKIES inherits its ancestry from its root, BROOK.
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.
BROOKIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 14, 3 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BROOKIES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEIKOORS - 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.
Could you have found BROOKIES?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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