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BANTERINGLY
Definition of BANTERINGLY
adverb
In a bantering manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From bantering + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BANTERINGLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BANTERINGLY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABEGILNNRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start BANTERI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BANTERINGLY?
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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.
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