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BRUISING
Definition of BRUISING
verb
present participle and gerund of bruise
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From bruise + -ing.
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.
BRUISING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 114, 11 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BRUISING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BGIINRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start BRUISI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found BRUISING?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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