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BANALISE
Definition of BANALISE
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of banalize.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From banal + -ise.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BANAL · 7 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.
BANALISE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BANALISE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABEILNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start BANALI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found BANALISE?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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