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BANDOLIERS
Definition of BANDOLIERS
noun
plural of bandolier
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Another sense
BANDOLIERS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of bandolier.
Word DNA
BANDOLIERS inherits its ancestry from its root, BANDOLIER.
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 (944)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BANDOLIER · 5 relatives in the game
BANDOLIERS in a sentence
“His bare chest was crossed by a pair of leather bandoliers that sported wide-muzzled pistols.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BANDOLIERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 49 boards so far. 117 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BANDOLIERS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABDEILNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use 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 36
Could you have found BANDOLIERS?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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