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OVERBUILD
Definition of OVERBUILD
verb
To perform excessive construction on a building or in an area.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From over- + build.
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.
OVERBUILD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
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Built from these letters
OVERBUILD starts with O and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDEILORUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OVERBU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found OVERBUILD?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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