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OVEREMPHATIC
Definition of OVEREMPHATIC
adjective
Excessively emphatic, particularly in musical or theatrical interpretation
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From over- + emphatic.
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.
OVEREMPHATIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 91, 19 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First found by a player on Day 91, 19 August 2026.
Built from these letters
OVEREMPHATIC starts with O and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACEEHIMOPRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start OVEREMPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OVEREMPHATIC?
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 91 - and most players walked straight past it.
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