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SWEEPBACK
Definition of SWEEPBACK
noun
The rearward angle of the leading edge of a wing, or airfoil.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sweep + back.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SWEEPBACK · 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.
SWEEPBACK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 158, 25 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 158, 25 October 2026.
Built from these letters
SWEEPBACK starts with S and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ABCEEKPSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found SWEEPBACK?
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 158 - and most players walked straight past it.
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