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FATBACK

7 letters

Definition of FATBACK

noun

A layer of fat, along the back of a pig, used as a cut of meat or to make lard

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From fat + back.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

nouncompound

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FATBACK in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 157
Its one board, across 157 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
144
First board
13
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.

First ever to find it

adeepermystery

on Day 144, 11 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FATBACK
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

FATBACK starts with F and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AABCFKT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Words that start FATBAC

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found FATBACK?

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 144 - and most players walked straight past it.

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