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BANDOLIER
Definition of BANDOLIER
noun
An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From earlier form bandollier, from Middle French bandoulliere, from Catalan bandolera, feminine derivative of bandoler (“member of a band of men”), from Catalan bàndol (“band, faction, party”), from Old Spanish bando.
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.
BANDOLIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 48 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BANDOLIER starts with B and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ABDEILNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 BANDOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found BANDOLIER?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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