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BRUSHFIRES
Definition of BRUSHFIRES
noun
plural of brushfire
noun
A large fire in a scrubland or prairie, as opposed to a forest fire, which occurs in forests.
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Word DNA
BRUSHFIRES inherits its ancestry from its root, BRUSHFIRE.
How it is built
Same root, BRUSHFIRE · 1 relative 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.
BRUSHFIRES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BRUSHFIRES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEFHIRRSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and S appear 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.
Could you have found BRUSHFIRES?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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