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BACKED
Definition of BACKED
verb
simple past and past participle of back
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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.
BACKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 68, 27 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 38 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BACKED starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABCDEK - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found BACKED?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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