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BACKPLATE
Definition of BACKPLATE
noun
A plate protecting a fighting person's back.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From back + plate.
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.
BACKPLATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 110, 7 September 2026.
Built from these letters
BACKPLATE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABCEKLPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start BACKPL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BACKPLATE?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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