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BANDA
Definition of BANDA
noun
A style of Mexican brass band music, emerged in the 19th century.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish banda. Doublet of band.
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.
BANDA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 100, 28 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 100, 28 August 2026.
Built from these letters
BANDA starts with B and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AABDN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BANDA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BANDA?
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 100 - and most players walked straight past it.
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