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BACKHANDERS
Definition of BACKHANDERS
noun
plural of backhander
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Word DNA
BACKHANDERS inherits its ancestry from its root, BACKHANDER.
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BACKHANDERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 77, 5 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 84, 12 August 2026.
Built from these letters
BACKHANDERS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABCDEHKNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start BACKHAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BACKHANDERS?
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 77 - and most players walked straight past it.
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