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BANDEAU
Definition of BANDEAU
noun
A band for the hair.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French bandeau, from Old French bandel, diminutive form of bande. Doublet of bendel.
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.
BANDEAU in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BANDEAU starts with B and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read AABDENU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found BANDEAU?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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