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SWITCHBACKS
Definition of SWITCHBACKS
noun
plural of switchback
noun
A railway track on a steep slope in a zigzag formation, in which a train travels in a reverse direction at each switch. A railway track on which there are steep ascents and descents, a train moving partially or fully by the force of gravity using the momentum generated when descending to travel up an ascending part of the track; especially , such a track built for fun rides at an amusement park; a type of rollercoaster.
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Word DNA
SWITCHBACKS inherits its ancestry from its root, SWITCHBACK.
How it is built
Same root, SWITCHBACK · 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.
SWITCHBACKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SWITCHBACKS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCCHIKSSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and C appear more than once.
Words that start SWITCHB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SWITCHBACKS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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