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BANDIT
Definition of BANDIT
noun
One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian bandito (“outlawed”), a derivative of Italian bandire (“to ban”), from Late Latin bandīre, an alteration (due to Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bandwjan, “to signal”)) of Late Latin bannīre (“to ban”), from Frankish *bannan (“to ban”). Doublet of bandito.
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.
BANDIT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 63 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 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 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BANDIT starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABDINT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BANDIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found BANDIT?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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