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BROWNIE
Definition of BROWNIE
noun
A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From brown + -ie (diminutive suffix). In folkloric sense, originally Scots. For sense 7, compare with Dutch kabouter (“a very young female member of the scout movement”) (literally "gnome").
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.
BROWNIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 43 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 85, 13 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BROWNIE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEINORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BROWNI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found BROWNIE?
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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