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BACKWORD
Definition of BACKWORD
noun
A contention, retort, or reply.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From back + word.
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.
BACKWORD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 66 days.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BACKWORD starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABCDKORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BACKWO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found BACKWORD?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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