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CALLBACK
Definition of CALLBACK
noun
The return of a situation to a previous position or state; a reference to such a position or state.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Deverbal from call back.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CALLBACK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CALLBACK starts with C and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AABCCKLL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C, A and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CALLBA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CALLBACK?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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