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OVERFLOWING
Definition of OVERFLOWING
noun
overflow
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From overflow + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, OVERFLOW · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OVERFLOWING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 39, 28 June 2026.
Built from these letters
OVERFLOWING starts with O and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EFGILNOORVW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start OVERFLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found OVERFLOWING?
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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