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BRUMAL
Definition of BRUMAL
adjective
Belonging to winter; winterlike; wintry.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin brūmālis (“of or pertaining to the winter solstice; wintry”), from brūma (“the winter solstice; winter”), which is a contraction of *brevima (“the shortest (day)”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,595)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
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.
BRUMAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BRUMAL starts with B and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ABLMRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found BRUMAL?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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