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BANG
Definition of BANG
noun
A sudden percussive noise.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English *bangen, from Old English *bangian or borrowed from Old Norse banga (“to pound, hammer”); both from Proto-Germanic *bangōną (“to beat, pound”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰen- (“to beat, hit, injure”). Cognate with Scots bang, bung (“to strike, bang, hurl, thrash, offend”), Icelandic banga (“to pound, hammer”), Old Swedish bånga ("to hammer"; whence modern Swedish banka (“to knock, pound, bang”)), Danish banke (“to beat”), bengel (“club”), Low German bangen, bangeln (“to strike, beat”), West Frisian bingel, bongel, Dutch bengel (“bell; rascal”), German Bengel (“club”), bungen (“to throb, pulsate”). In the sense of a fringe of hair, from bang off. In the sense of abrupt left turn, from Boston left and associated risk of a crash.
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.
BANG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BANG starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ABGN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BANG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found BANG?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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