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OVERHOLD

8 letters

Definition of OVERHOLD

verb

To overvalue; overestimate; hold or estimate at too dear a rate.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English overholden, from Old English oferhealdan (“to overcome, overtake, hold over, delay to do, neglect”), from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”) + *haldaną (“to hold”), equivalent to over- + hold. Cognate with Dutch overhouden (“to hang on, hold over, save”), German überhalten (“to hold on to, keep”), Danish overholde (“to observe”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OVERHOLD in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Boards found on
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First board
16
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.

Built from these letters

OVERHOLD
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

OVERHOLD starts with O and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEHLOORV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start OVERHO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

OVERHOTOVERHOLYOVERHOPEOVERHOLDSOVERHONOROVERHOPEDOVERHOPESOVERHONORSOVERHOPINGOVERHOLDINGOVERHONOREDOVERHOMOGENIZE

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