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OVERSHOT

/ˈəʊ.vəˌʃɒt/8 letters

Definition of OVERSHOT

verb

simple past and past participle of overshoot

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

OVERSHOT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 4 boards so far.

Day 1Day 99
Its 4 boards, across 99 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
4
Boards found on
74
First board
99
Latest board
14
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 74, 2 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

caroline

on Day 74, 2 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

OVERSHOT
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

OVERSHOT starts with O and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EHOORSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.

Words that start OVERSH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

OVERSHOEOVERSHADEOVERSHARPOVERSHINEOVERSHIRTOVERSHOESOVERSHONEOVERSHOOTOVERSHOTSOVERSHADEDOVERSHADESOVERSHADOW

Could you have found OVERSHOT?

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 74 - and most players walked straight past it.

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