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OVEREDUCATION
Definition of OVEREDUCATION
noun
The state of being overeducated; the state when one feels overburdened by their education or has more education than their situation demands.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From over- + education.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OVEREDUCATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 88, 16 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 88, 16 August 2026.
Built from these letters
OVEREDUCATION starts with O and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEINOORTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and E appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start OVEREDUCA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OVEREDUCATION?
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 88 - and most players walked straight past it.
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