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OVERLIES
Definition of OVERLIES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of overlie
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Word DNA
OVERLIES inherits its ancestry from its root, OVERLY.
How it is built
Same root, OVERLY · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OVERLIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OVERLIES starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEILORSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use 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.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found OVERLIES?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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