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BACKHAULING
Definition of BACKHAULING
verb
present participle and gerund of backhaul
verb
To transmit (data or footage) from a remote site to a central site from where it is re-transmitted.
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Word DNA
BACKHAULING inherits its ancestry from its root, BACKHAUL.
How it is built
Same root, BACKHAUL · 2 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.
BACKHAULING in OUTLIER
It has fitted 14 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 57, 16 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 86 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 74, 2 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BACKHAULING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AABCGHIKLNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start BACKHAU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BACKHAULING?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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