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OVERFOLDING
Definition of OVERFOLDING
verb
present participle and gerund of overfold
noun
A fold whereby the strata are forced through an angle of more than 90 degrees, so that younger strata lie below older ones.
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Word DNA
OVERFOLDING inherits its ancestry from its root, OVERFOLD.
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (927)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OVERFOLD · 1 relative 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.
OVERFOLDING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 58 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 96, 24 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OVERFOLDING starts with O and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DEFGILNOORV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start OVERFOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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