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BACKLIT
Definition of BACKLIT
verb
simple past and past participle of backlight
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From back + lit.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BACKLIT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 105, 2 September 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 105, 2 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BACKLIT starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABCIKLT - 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 BACKLIT?
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 105 - and most players walked straight past it.
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