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PUSHBACK
Definition of PUSHBACK
noun
The act of repelling an enemy, etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From push + back, or push back.
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.
PUSHBACK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 47, 6 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PUSHBACK starts with P and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ABCHKPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PUSHBA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found PUSHBACK?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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