The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
OUTBACKS
Definition of OUTBACKS
noun
plural of outback
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OUTBACKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OUTBACKS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCKOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 OUTBAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found OUTBACKS?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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