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OVERSEA
Definition of OVERSEA
adjective
Alternative form of overseas.
OVERSEAS
adjective
Abroad, especially across the sea.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English over-se, over see, ouer sea, from Old English ofer sǣ (literally “over/across (the) sea”); equivalent to over + sea. Compare West Frisian oerseesk, Dutch overzee, German Übersee, Danish oversøisk.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,232)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OVERSEA · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OVERSEA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 133, 30 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OVERSEA starts with O and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEEORSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start OVERSE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OVERSEA?
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