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FIREBRAND
Definition of FIREBRAND
noun
A torch or other burning stick with a flame at one end.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English fyr-brand, furbrond, equivalent to fire + brand. Cognate with German Feuerbrand (“firebrand”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FIREBRAND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FIREBRAND starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABDEFINRR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start FIREBR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FIREBRAND?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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