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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
Another sense
BANDOLIER carries a second meaning.
noun
a broad cartridge belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers
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).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- Catalan
- Middle French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.2%
of traced words share this origin (926)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BANDOLIER · 5 relatives in the game
BANDOLIER in a sentence
“At this point, a further word about this "bandolier" or "sash" wearing of the folded chasuble seems relevant, particularly as we prepare to consider the folded chasuble in modern usage.”
Use, History and Development of the "Planeta Plicata" or Folded Chasuble, 2009
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 42 boards so far. 79 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
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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