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BACKSPINS
Definition of BACKSPINS
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
BACKSPINS inherits its ancestry from its root, BACKSPIN.
How it is built
Same root, BACKSPIN · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BACKSPINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BACKSPINS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCIKNPSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start BACKSP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BACKSPINS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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