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BANALEST
Definition of BANALEST
adjective
superlative form of banal: most banal
adjective
Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.
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Word DNA
BANALEST 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 (990)
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.
BANALEST 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 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 61, 20 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BANALEST starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AABELNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found BANALEST?
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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