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GRAYBACK
Definition of GRAYBACK
noun
Alternative spelling of greyback.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From gray + 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.
GRAYBACK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 135, 2 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GRAYBACK starts with G and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AABCGKRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found GRAYBACK?
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 135 - and most players walked straight past it.
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