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OVERCAUGHT
Definition of OVERCAUGHT
verb
simple past and past participle of overcatch
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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.
OVERCAUGHT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 71, 30 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 71, 30 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OVERCAUGHT starts with O and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACEGHORTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OVERCA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OVERCAUGHT?
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 71 - and most players walked straight past it.
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