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BRUTALISM
Definition of BRUTALISM
noun
Brutal, violent behaviour; savagery.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From brutal + -ism.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BRUTALISM · 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.
BRUTALISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 50 boards so far. 139 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 15, 4 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BRUTALISM starts with B and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ABILMRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BRUTAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found BRUTALISM?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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