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OVERAMBITIOUS
Definition of OVERAMBITIOUS
adjective
Excessively ambitious.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From over- + ambitious.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OVERAMBITIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OVERAMBITIOUS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABEIIMOORSTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and I appear more than once.
Words that start OVERAMBIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found OVERAMBITIOUS?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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