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BLUEBACKS
Definition of BLUEBACKS
noun
plural of blueback
BLUEBACK
noun
Any of several fish: A lake trout (Salmo oquassa). A salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka). A blueback herring or blueback shad (Alosa aestivalis, syn. Clupea aestivalis) similar to the alewife. A Beardslee trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus f. beardsleei).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BLUEBACKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 110, 7 September 2026.
Built from these letters
BLUEBACKS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABBCEKLSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B appears more than once.
Words that start BLUEBA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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