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MIDBRAIN
Definition of MIDBRAIN
noun
A part of the brain located rostral to the pons and caudal to the thalamus and the basal ganglia, composed of the tectum (dorsal portion) and the tegmentum (ventral portion).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From mid- + brain.
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.
MIDBRAIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MIDBRAIN starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABDIIMNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found MIDBRAIN?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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