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BANALITY
Definition of BANALITY
noun
The quality of being banal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French banalité, from banal, equivalent to banal + -ity.
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.
BANALITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 96 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BANALITY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AABILNTY - 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 13
Could you have found BANALITY?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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