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OVERGRADING
Definition of OVERGRADING
verb
present participle and gerund of overgrade
OVERGRADE
adjective
Having the truss above the roadway.
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Word DNA
OVERGRADING inherits its ancestry from its root, OVERGRADE.
How it is built
Same root, OVERGRADE · 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.
OVERGRADING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OVERGRADING starts with O and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADEGGINORRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and G appear more than once.
Words that start OVERGRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OVERGRADING?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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