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BACKLISTED
Definition of BACKLISTED
verb
simple past and past participle of backlist
noun
A list of older books available from a publisher, as opposed to the frontlist of more recent titles.
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Word DNA
BACKLISTED inherits its ancestry from its root, BACKLIST.
How it is built
Same root, BACKLIST · 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.
BACKLISTED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 135, 2 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BACKLISTED starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABCDEIKLST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BACKLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BACKLISTED?
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 135 - and most players walked straight past it.
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