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BRUSHMARKS
Definition of BRUSHMARKS
noun
plural of brushmark
BRUSHMARK
noun
A visible mark on a painted surface left by the bristles of a paintbrush.
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Word DNA
BRUSHMARKS inherits its ancestry from its root, BRUSHMARK.
How it is built
Same root, BRUSHMARK · 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.
BRUSHMARKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 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
BRUSHMARKS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABHKMRRSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and S appear more than once.
Words that start BRUSHM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BRUSHMARKS?
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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