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OVERSHADOWING
Definition of OVERSHADOWING
verb
present participle and gerund of overshadow
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Word DNA
OVERSHADOWING inherits its ancestry from its root, OVERSHADOW.
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 (1,219)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OVERSHADOW · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, German, Old Norse, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OVERSHADOWING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
OVERSHADOWING starts with O and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADEGHINOORSVW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start OVERSHADO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OVERSHADOWING?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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