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BANED
Definition of BANED
verb
simple past and past participle of bane
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BANED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BANED starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABDEN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found BANED?
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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