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BANTAM
Definition of BANTAM
noun
Any of several small chickens, especially of a breed that is a miniature version of another breed.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Dutch Bantam (Banten province in Java).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Dutch
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
16th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.9%
of traced words share this origin (726)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BANTAM · 1 relative 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.
BANTAM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 96 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 41, 30 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BANTAM starts with B and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AABMNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BANTAM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found BANTAM?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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