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OVERCAME

/ˌəʊ.vəˈkeɪm/8 letters

Definition of OVERCAME

verb

simple past of overcome

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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.

OVERCAME in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 99
Its 3 boards, across 99 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
92
First board
96
Latest board
3
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 92, 20 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

paulgo

on Day 92, 20 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

OVERCAME
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

OVERCAME starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEMORV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start OVERCA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

OVERCALLOVERCASTOVERCALLSOVERCARRYOVERCASTSOVERCATCHOVERCALLEDOVERCANOPYOVERCASTEDOVERCAUGHTOVERCALLINGOVERCAREFUL

Could you have found OVERCAME?

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 92 - and most players walked straight past it.

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