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BANCS
Definition of BANCS
noun
plural of banc
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Word DNA
BANCS inherits its ancestry from its root, BANC.
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,360)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BANC · 1 relative 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.
BANCS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BANCS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found BANCS?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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