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WINGBACKS
Definition of WINGBACKS
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
WINGBACKS inherits its ancestry from its root, WINGBACK.
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.
WINGBACKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
WINGBACKS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCGIKNSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found WINGBACKS?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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