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HOWLBACKS
Definition of HOWLBACKS
Wiktionary has no entry for HOWLBACKS itself. This is its base word, HOWLBACK.
noun
A high-pitched squeal produced by feedback when a microphone is too close to its connected speakers.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for HOWLBACK.
Blend of howl + feedback.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOWLBACKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 110, 7 September 2026.
Built from these letters
HOWLBACKS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCHKLOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HOWLBA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HOWLBACKS?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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