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OVERDONE

/ˌəʊ.vəˈdʌn/8 letters

Definition of OVERDONE

adjective

Cooked too much.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English overdon, from Old English oferdōn, equivalent to over- + done.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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.

OVERDONE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 112
Its 10 boards, across 112 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
10
Boards found on
39
First board
109
Latest board
21
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

aoifemay

on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

OVERDONE
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start OVERDO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

OVERDOOVERDOGOVERDOEROVERDOESOVERDOGSOVERDOSEOVERDOERSOVERDOINGOVERDOSEDOVERDOSESOVERDOSAGEOVERDOSING

Could you have found OVERDONE?

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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.

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