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BACKLISTING
Definition of BACKLISTING
verb
present participle and gerund 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
BACKLISTING 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.
BACKLISTING 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 found by a player on Day 113, 10 September 2026.
Built from these letters
BACKLISTING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ABCGIIKLNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start BACKLIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 4
Could you have found BACKLISTING?
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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