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BACKDROP
Definition of BACKDROP
noun
A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From back + drop.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BACKDROP · 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.
BACKDROP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 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 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
BACKDROP starts with B and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read ABCDKOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BACKDR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found BACKDROP?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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