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BACKFLOWS
Definition of BACKFLOWS
noun
plural of backflow
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BACKFLOWS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BACKFLOWS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCFKLOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BACKFL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BACKFLOWS?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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