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OVERMUCHES
Definition of OVERMUCHES
Wiktionary has no entry for OVERMUCHES itself. This is its base word, OVERMUCH.
determiner
Very much; too much; overly much.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for OVERMUCH.
From Middle English overmuche, overmuchel, from Old English ofermiċel, ofermyċel (“overmuch, excessive”), equivalent to over- + much. Compare overmany and overmore. Doublet of overmickle. Cognate with Scots over-mekill (“overmuch, excessive”), Old Norse ofrmikill (“overmuch, excessive”), Icelandic ofmikill (“overmuch, excessive”).
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.
OVERMUCHES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 96, 24 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 96, 24 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OVERMUCHES starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEHMORSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start OVERMU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OVERMUCHES?
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 96 - and most players walked straight past it.
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