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BROTHEL
Definition of BROTHEL
noun
A house of prostitution.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Short for brothel-house (“house of prostitution”), from brothel (“a wretch; scoundrel; lecher; harlot; prostitute”) + house, influenced by bordel. For more on brothel (“a wretch”), see below.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BROTHEL · 1 relative 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.
BROTHEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 69 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BROTHEL starts with B and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read BEHLORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BROTHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found BROTHEL?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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