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OVERMATCH
Definition of OVERMATCH
verb
To match more than intended.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English overmacchen, equivalent to over- + match.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OVERMATCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OVERMATCH starts with O and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACEHMORTV - 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.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found OVERMATCH?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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