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OVERLEAP
Definition of OVERLEAP
verb
To leap over, to jump over, to cross by jumping.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English overlepen, from Old English oferhlēapan. Compare Dutch overlopen (“to spill over; overflow”), German überlaufen (“to overrun; overflow”). By surface analysis, over- + leap.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,908)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OVERLEAP · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OVERLEAP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 98, 26 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 128, 25 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 98, 26 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OVERLEAP starts with O and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read AEELOPRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start OVERLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OVERLEAP?
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 98 - and most players walked straight past it.
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