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OVERPAY
Definition of OVERPAY
verb
To pay too much.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From over- + pay.
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.
OVERPAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 85, 13 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OVERPAY starts with O and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEOPRVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OVERPA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OVERPAY?
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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.
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