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BACKLIGHTED
Definition of BACKLIGHTED
verb
simple past and past participle of backlight
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Word DNA
BACKLIGHTED inherits its ancestry from its root, BACKLIGHT.
How it is built
Same root, BACKLIGHT · 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.
BACKLIGHTED in OUTLIER
It has fitted 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 54, 13 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 86 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BACKLIGHTED starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABCDEGHIKLT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BACKLIG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 4
Could you have found BACKLIGHTED?
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 4 - and most players walked straight past it.
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