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BACKUP
Definition of BACKUP
noun
A reserve or substitute.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Deverbal from back up.
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.
BACKUP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 122, 19 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 113, 10 September 2026.
Built from these letters
BACKUP starts with B and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read ABCKPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found BACKUP?
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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.
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