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OVERLEAPING
Definition of OVERLEAPING
verb
present participle and gerund of overleap
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Word DNA
OVERLEAPING inherits its ancestry from its root, OVERLEAP.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,213)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OVERLEAP · 2 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.
OVERLEAPING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 98, 26 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 34 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
OVERLEAPING starts with O and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEEGILNOPRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start OVERLEA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OVERLEAPING?
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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