The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BAND
Definition of BAND
noun
A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling. A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together. A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it. A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached. A belt or strap that is part of a machine.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English band (also bond), from Old English beand, bænd, bend (“bond, chain, fetter, band, ribbon, ornament, chaplet, crown”), from Proto-Germanic *bandą, *bandiz (“band, fetter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”). Middle English band reinforced by Old French bande. Cognate with Dutch band, German Band, Danish bånd, Swedish band, Icelandic band (“band”). Related to bond, bind, bend.
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.
BAND in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BAND starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABDN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BAND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BAND?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER