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BANT
Definition of BANT
verb
To regulate what one eats according to the precepts of William Banting; to go on a diet.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Back-formation from banting.
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.
BANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BANT starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BANT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found BANT?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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