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BANDMASTER
Definition of BANDMASTER
noun
The conductor of a musical ensemble, especially a brass band or military band.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From band + master.
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.
BANDMASTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 81, 9 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 83, 11 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 37 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 81, 9 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BANDMASTER starts with B and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AABDEMNRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start BANDMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BANDMASTER?
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 81 - and most players walked straight past it.
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