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BRUTISM
Definition of BRUTISM
noun
Behaviour or action characteristic of a brute.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From brute + -ism.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BRUTISM · 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.
BRUTISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 85, 13 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BRUTISM starts with B and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read BIMRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BRUTIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found BRUTISM?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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