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OVERSALTING
Definition of OVERSALTING
verb
present participle and gerund of oversalt
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Word DNA
OVERSALTING inherits its ancestry from its root, OVERSALT.
How it is built
Same root, OVERSALT · 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.
OVERSALTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 91, 19 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 91, 19 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OVERSALTING starts with O and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGILNORSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OVERSAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OVERSALTING?
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 91 - and most players walked straight past it.
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