The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FASTBACK
Definition of FASTBACK
noun
A motor car having a continuous slope from the roof to the rear.
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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.
FASTBACK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 58, 17 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 44 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FASTBACK starts with F and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AABCFKST - 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 FASTBA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found FASTBACK?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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