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OVERBUYS
Definition of OVERBUYS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of overbuy
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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.
OVERBUYS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 4, 25 May 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
OVERBUYS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEORSUVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 OVERBU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 4
Could you have found OVERBUYS?
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 4 - and most players walked straight past it.
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