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OVERFLEW

8 letters

Definition of OVERFLEW

verb

simple past of overfly

OVERFLY

verb

To fly over something.

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Word DNA

How it is built

verb

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

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.

OVERFLEW in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 157
Its 10 boards, across 157 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
10
Boards found on
85
First board
150
Latest board
36
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.

First ever to find it

drosophila

on Day 85, 13 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

OVERFLEW
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

OVERFLEW starts with O and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read EEFLORVW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start OVERFL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found OVERFLEW?

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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.

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