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OVERCOMPLEX
Definition of OVERCOMPLEX
adjective
Excessively complex.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From over- + complex.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
OVERCOMPLEX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 133, 30 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 133, 30 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OVERCOMPLEX starts with O and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read CEELMOOPRVX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and E appear more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start OVERCOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OVERCOMPLEX?
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 133 - and most players walked straight past it.
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