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LAYBACKS
Definition of LAYBACKS
noun
plural of layback
LAYBACK
noun
A spin in which the head and shoulders are dropped backwards and the back arched downwards toward the ice; also called a layback spin.
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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.
LAYBACKS 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 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 110, 7 September 2026.
Built from these letters
LAYBACKS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABCKLSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start LAYBAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LAYBACKS?
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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