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BROWNTAIL
Definition of BROWNTAIL
noun
Synonym of brown-tail moth.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From brown + tail.
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.
BROWNTAIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 85, 13 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 36 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BROWNTAIL starts with B and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ABILNORTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found BROWNTAIL?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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