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BACKDRAFTS
Definition of BACKDRAFTS
noun
plural of backdraft
noun
Sudden, dangerous recombustion that occurs when there is a rapid reintroduction of oxygen to an enclosed space containing a fire.
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Word DNA
BACKDRAFTS inherits its ancestry from its root, BACKDRAFT.
How it is built
Same root, BACKDRAFT · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BACKDRAFTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BACKDRAFTS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABCDFKRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start BACKDR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found BACKDRAFTS?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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