The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BACKER
Definition of BACKER
noun
One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs an entrant in a contest, or who supports an enterprise by funding it.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From back + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BACK · 11 relatives 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.
BACKER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 122, 19 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 39 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BACKER starts with B and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ABCEKR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found BACKER?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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