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OVERLOADING

/ˈəʊ.və(ɹ)ləʊdɪŋ/11 letters

Definition of OVERLOADING

noun

A type of polymorphism, where different functions, operators or variables with the same name are invoked based on the data types of the parameters passed.

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Where it comes from

From over + loading.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

OVERLOADING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 6 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 6 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
6
Boards found on
62
First board
100
Latest board
22
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First found by a player on Day 62, 21 July 2026.

Built from these letters

OVERLOADING
11
Letters
5
Vowels
6
Consonants
10
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

OVERLOADING starts with O and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADEGILNOORV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.

Words that start OVERLOA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found OVERLOADING?

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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.

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