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BACKVELD
Definition of BACKVELD
noun
Backward and unsophisticated rural areas.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From back + veld.
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.
BACKVELD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 54, 13 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 65 days.
First found by a player on Day 47, 6 July 2026.
Built from these letters
BACKVELD starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABCDEKLV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BACKVE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found BACKVELD?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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