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OVERALLS

/ˈoʊvəɹɔːlz/8 letters

Definition of OVERALLS

noun

A loose-fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them.

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Word DNA

OVERALLS inherits its ancestry from its root, OVERALL.

Line of descent

  1. Old English
  2. Middle English
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Old English

Deepest traced root

7th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

3.7%

of traced words share this origin (3,077)

Germanic

branch · 22.6% of traced words

How it is built

noun3 syllablescompound

Same root, OVERALL · 2 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, German, Swedish.

Every Old English word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

OVERALLS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 170
Its one board, across 170 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
167
First board
3
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

cornylady

on Day 167, 3 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

OVERALLS
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

OVERALLS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AELLORSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start OVERAL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found OVERALLS?

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 167 - and most players walked straight past it.

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