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WINGBACK
Definition of WINGBACK
noun
A player who doubles on either side of the center as a defender when their team is defending, and a winger when they are attacking.
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Where it comes from
From wing + back.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WINGBACK · 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.
WINGBACK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
WINGBACK starts with W and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ABCGIKNW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found WINGBACK?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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