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BACKSWORDMEN
Definition of BACKSWORDMEN
noun
plural of backswordman
BACKSWORDMAN
noun
One who fights with a backsword or singlestick.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BACKSWORDMEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BACKSWORDMEN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABCDEKMNORSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BACKSWOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BACKSWORDMEN?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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