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PAPERBACK
Definition of PAPERBACK
noun
A book with flexible binding.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From paper + back, a shortening of the older term paper-backed book.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PAPERBACK · 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.
PAPERBACK 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 53 days.
First found by a player on Day 110, 7 September 2026.
Built from these letters
PAPERBACK starts with P and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AABCEKPPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P and A appear more than once.
Words that start PAPERB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PAPERBACK?
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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