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OVERCOLD
Definition of OVERCOLD
adjective
Excessively cold.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English overcold, equivalent to over- + cold.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,217)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
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.
OVERCOLD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 128, 25 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 41, 30 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
OVERCOLD starts with O and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDELOORV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start OVERCO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found OVERCOLD?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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