The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BRUISER
Definition of BRUISER
noun
In contact sports, an athlete whose size, strength, and/or aggressiveness make it likely that they will cause athletes on the opposing team to suffer physical punishment.
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Where it comes from
From bruise + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BRUISER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 138, 5 October 2026.
Built from these letters
BRUISER starts with B and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read BEIRRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BRUISE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BRUISER?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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