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TURTLEBACKS
Definition of TURTLEBACKS
noun
plural of turtleback
TURTLEBACK
noun
Anything having the shape of a turtle's back (that is, its shell).
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Word DNA
TURTLEBACKS inherits its ancestry from its root, TURTLEBACK.
How it is built
Same root, TURTLEBACK · 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.
TURTLEBACKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First found by a player on Day 148, 15 October 2026.
Built from these letters
TURTLEBACKS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCEKLRSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start TURTLEB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TURTLEBACKS?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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