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BACKSTAB
Definition of BACKSTAB
verb
To attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly in a deceitful, underhand, or treacherous manner, especially when they're not present in the place or situation that it happens.
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Where it comes from
From back + stab.
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.
BACKSTAB 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 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BACKSTAB starts with B and ends with B. Sorted, its letters read AABBCKST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B and A appear more than once.
Words that start BACKST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BACKSTAB?
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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