The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BACKDOWN
Definition of BACKDOWN
noun
An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From back + down.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BACKDOWN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 14, 3 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
BACKDOWN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABCDKNOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found BACKDOWN?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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