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OVERLIE
Definition of OVERLIE
verb
To lie over or upon
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English overlien, overliggen, equivalent to over- + lie (“to be reclined”). Compare West Frisian oerlizze, German überliegen, Danish overligge, Swedish överligga, Norwegian overligge.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,109)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OVERLIE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, German, Norwegian, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OVERLIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 101, 29 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 58 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 101, 29 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OVERLIE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEILORV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E 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 OVERLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OVERLIE?
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 101 - and most players walked straight past it.
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