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BACKSWORD
Definition of BACKSWORD
noun
A sword with one sharp edge.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From back + sword.
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.
BACKSWORD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 77, 5 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BACKSWORD starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABCDKORSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 BACKSW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BACKSWORD?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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