Updated June 2026
A variant of bantam; a small domestic chicken; informally, a small aggressive person.
“The banty rooster strutted around the farmyard.”
"Banty" uses 5 different letters, which makes it efficient for eliminating options. Its 1 vowel balance the consonants.
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