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BLUEBACKS

9 letters

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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Tier
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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.

Day 1Day 124
Its one board, across 124 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
110
First board
14
Days since seen

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
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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.

BLUEBACKBLUEBALLBLUEBALLS

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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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