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BRUNCHED
Definition of BRUNCHED
verb
simple past and past participle of brunch
noun
A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, often in a leisurely, festive, and/or social way, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals.
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Word DNA
BRUNCHED inherits its ancestry from its root, BRUNCH.
How it is built
Same root, BRUNCH · 3 relatives 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.
BRUNCHED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BRUNCHED starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BCDEHNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BRUNCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found BRUNCHED?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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