The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BACKGROUND
Definition of BACKGROUND
adjective
Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From back + ground. Compare backstory.
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.
BACKGROUND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 89, 17 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BACKGROUND starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABCDGKNORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BACKGR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found BACKGROUND?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER