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ANTIBACKLASH
Definition of ANTIBACKLASH
adjective
Countering or preventing backlash (jarring reflex motion in machinery).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From anti- + backlash.
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.
ANTIBACKLASH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANTIBACKLASH starts with A and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AAABCHIKLNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found ANTIBACKLASH?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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