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OVERPAYING
Definition of OVERPAYING
verb
present participle and gerund of overpay
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Word DNA
OVERPAYING inherits its ancestry from its root, OVERPAY.
How it is built
Same root, OVERPAY · 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.
OVERPAYING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 92, 20 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 92, 20 August 2026.
Built from these letters
OVERPAYING starts with O and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGINOPRVY - 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 OVERPAYING?
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 92 - and most players walked straight past it.
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