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OVERFOCUS
Definition of OVERFOCUS
verb
To focus excessively (on a particular subject to the exclusion of others)
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From over- + focus.
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.
OVERFOCUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 100, 28 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OVERFOCUS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEFOORSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start OVERFO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OVERFOCUS?
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 100 - and most players walked straight past it.
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