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OVERMAN
Definition of OVERMAN
noun
A person who supervises others; a supervisor, especially in a mine.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English overman (“a superior; leader; master”). Compare superman. By surface analysis, over- + man.
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
6.1%
of traced words share this origin (4,799)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OVERMAN · 2 relatives 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.
OVERMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 102, 30 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 39 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 102, 30 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OVERMAN starts with O and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEMNORV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OVERMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OVERMAN?
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 102 - and most players walked straight past it.
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