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BACKCOURTMEN
Definition of BACKCOURTMEN
noun
plural of backcourtman
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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.
BACKCOURTMEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BACKCOURTMEN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABCCEKMNORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start BACKCOUR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BACKCOURTMEN?
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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