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BACKCHAT

/ˈbæk.t͡ʃæt/8 letters

Definition of BACKCHAT

noun

Cheeky or impertinent responses, especially to criticism.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From back + chat.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllablescompound

Same root, BACKCHAT · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BACKCHAT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 167
Its one board, across 167 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
137
First board
30
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.

First ever to find it

lorilis

on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BACKCHAT
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BACKCHAT starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AABCCHKT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and C appear more than once.

Words that start BACKCH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

BACKCHATSBACKCHECKBACKCHECKSBACKCHATTEDBACKCHECKED

Could you have found BACKCHAT?

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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.

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