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OVERSOWING
Definition of OVERSOWING
verb
present participle and gerund of oversow
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Word DNA
OVERSOWING inherits its ancestry from its root, OVERSOW.
Line of descent
- Old English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,977)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OVERSOW · 1 relative 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.
OVERSOWING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 18, 7 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OVERSOWING starts with O and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGINOORSVW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start OVERSO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found OVERSOWING?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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