The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BACKROOM
Definition of BACKROOM
noun
A room near the rear of a premises. Especially, one that is only accessible to a privileged few and can be used as an inconspicuous meeting place, where secrecy, anonymity, and even crooked dealings may occur.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Compound of back + room
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.
BACKROOM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 79, 7 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 42 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BACKROOM starts with B and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ABCKMOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found BACKROOM?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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