The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BACKSPIN
Definition of BACKSPIN
noun
Spin applied to a ball in order to slow it, change its flight, or stop it when it lands.
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Where it comes from
From back + spin.
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.
BACKSPIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was 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
BACKSPIN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABCIKNPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BACKSP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found BACKSPIN?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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