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OVERLAUNCH
Definition of OVERLAUNCH
verb
To run the butts or scarphs of planks or pieces of timber to a certain distance beyond the adjacent ones, in order to strengthen the work.
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Where it comes from
From over- + launch.
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.
OVERLAUNCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 119, 16 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OVERLAUNCH starts with O and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACEHLNORUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OVERLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OVERLAUNCH?
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 119 - and most players walked straight past it.
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