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HALFBACKS
Definition of HALFBACKS
noun
plural of halfback
HALFBACK
noun
Any of various positions on the field of play between the forwards and the fullbacks.
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Word DNA
HALFBACKS inherits its ancestry from its root, HALFBACK.
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.
HALFBACKS 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
HALFBACKS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABCFHKLS - 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 HALFBA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HALFBACKS?
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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