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BACKWOOD
Definition of BACKWOOD
adjective
Native to or located in a remote rural location.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From back + wood; compare backwater.
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.
BACKWOOD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 121, 18 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BACKWOOD starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABCDKOOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BACKWO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BACKWOOD?
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 121 - and most players walked straight past it.
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