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BANGS
Definition of BANGS
noun
plural of bang
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From bang (“to cut [hair], dock [an animal's tail]”), probably from the sudden manner in which docked hair appears to burst out explosively when it's cut (i.e. "with a bang"). Ultimately from bang (“to strike noisily, explode”).
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.
BANGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 92, 20 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 92, 20 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BANGS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABGNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BANGS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BANGS?
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 92 - and most players walked straight past it.
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