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BANALER
Definition of BANALER
adjective
comparative form of banal: more banal
adjective
Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.
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Word DNA
BANALER inherits its ancestry from its root, BANAL.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (1,005)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BANAL · 2 relatives 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.
BANALER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 74, 2 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BANALER starts with B and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AABELNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found BANALER?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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