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BACKWOODS
Definition of BACKWOODS
noun
Partly or wholly uncleared forest, especially in North America.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From back + woods.
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.
BACKWOODS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 54, 13 July 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
BACKWOODS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCDKOOSW - 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.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found BACKWOODS?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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