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BROWN
Definition of BROWN
noun
A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English broun, from Old English brūn (“brown; dark; dusky”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūn, from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-. Doublet of bruin.
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.
BROWN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 59 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BROWN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read BNORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BROWN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found BROWN?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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