The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BANKSMEN
Definition of BANKSMEN
noun
plural of banksman
BANKSMAN
noun
The person who directs the operation of a crane or larger vehicle from the point near where loads are attached and detached.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Word DNA
BANKSMEN inherits its ancestry from its root, BANK.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (12,251)
How it is built
Same root, BANK · 8 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Russian.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BANKSMEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 169, 5 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BANKSMEN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABEKMNNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start BANKSM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BANKSMEN?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER