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BACKHOED
Definition of BACKHOED
verb
simple past and past participle of backhoe
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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.
BACKHOED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 78, 6 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 78, 6 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BACKHOED starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABCDEHKO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BACKHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BACKHOED?
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 78 - and most players walked straight past it.
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