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SWEEPBACKS
Definition of SWEEPBACKS
noun
plural of sweepback
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Word DNA
SWEEPBACKS inherits its ancestry from its root, SWEEPBACK.
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.
SWEEPBACKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 172, 8 November 2026.
Built from these letters
SWEEPBACKS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCEEKPSSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found SWEEPBACKS?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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