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BACKSEAT
Definition of BACKSEAT
noun
Alternative spelling of back seat.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From back + seat.
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.
BACKSEAT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 97, 25 August 2026.
Built from these letters
BACKSEAT starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AABCEKST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BACKSE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BACKSEAT?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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