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OVERLIVES
Definition of OVERLIVES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of overlive
OVERLIVE
verb
To survive; to live past.
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Word DNA
OVERLIVES inherits its ancestry from its root, OVERLIVE.
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 (3,152)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OVERLIVE · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, German, 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.
OVERLIVES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 167, 3 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OVERLIVES starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEILORSVV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. V and E appear 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 OVERLIVES?
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 167 - and most players walked straight past it.
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