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BANDICOOT
Definition of BANDICOOT
noun
Any of various small marsupials of Australia and New Guinea, some with distinctive long snouts, of the family Peramelidae.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Ultimately from Telugu పందికొక్కు (pandikokku), from పంది (pandi, “pig, boar”) + కొక్కు (kokku, “bandicoot”); first used of Asian murids, now called bandicoot rats, thence applied to the Australian marsupials which bear some resemblance.
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.
BANDICOOT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
BANDICOOT starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABCDINOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BANDIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found BANDICOOT?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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