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BANJAXES
Definition of BANJAXES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of banjax
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Word DNA
BANJAXES inherits its ancestry from its root, BANJAX.
How it is built
Same root, BANJAX · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BANJAXES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BANJAXES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABEJNSX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses J and X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start BANJAX
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BANJAXES?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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