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BRUSHWORK
Definition of BRUSHWORK
noun
The technique or practice of applying and manipulating paint (usually oil or gouache) in a painting.
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Where it comes from
From brush + work.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BRUSHWORK · 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.
BRUSHWORK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BRUSHWORK starts with B and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read BHKORRSUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start BRUSHW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BRUSHWORK?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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