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OVERANXIOUS
Definition of OVERANXIOUS
adjective
Excessively anxious or nervous.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From over- + anxious.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OVERANXIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 65, 24 July 2026.
Built from these letters
OVERANXIOUS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEINOORSUVX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start OVERANX
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OVERANXIOUS?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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