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OVERSIMPLIFY
Definition of OVERSIMPLIFY
verb
To explain or present something in a way that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand.
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Where it comes from
From over- + simplify.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OVERSIMPLIFY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 122, 19 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OVERSIMPLIFY starts with O and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EFIILMOPRSVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start OVERSIMP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found OVERSIMPLIFY?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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