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OVERSPECULATING
Definition of OVERSPECULATING
verb
present participle and gerund of overspeculate
OVERSPECULATE
verb
To spend too much money in speculation.
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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.
OVERSPECULATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 77, 5 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 91, 19 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OVERSPECULATING starts with O and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACEEGILNOPRSTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start OVERSPECULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OVERSPECULATING?
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 77 - and most players walked straight past it.
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