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BROWNOUTS
Definition of BROWNOUTS
noun
plural of brownout
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Word DNA
BROWNOUTS inherits its ancestry from its root, BROWNOUT.
How it is built
Same root, BROWNOUT · 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.
BROWNOUTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BROWNOUTS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BNOORSTUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found BROWNOUTS?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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