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HALFBACK
Definition of HALFBACK
noun
Any of various positions on the field of play between the forwards and the fullbacks.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From half + back, in reference to position on the field of play; compare fullback. In the sense of someone who moves to Florida and then to a more temperate climate, from moving "half way back"
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HALFBACK · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HALFBACK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 156, 23 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 156, 23 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HALFBACK starts with H and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AABCFHKL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found HALFBACK?
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 156 - and most players walked straight past it.
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