The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
DRAWBACK
Definition of DRAWBACK
noun
A disadvantage; something that detracts or takes away.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From draw + back. Compare setback.
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.
DRAWBACK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DRAWBACK starts with D and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AABCDKRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DRAWBA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found DRAWBACK?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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