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OVERSPIN
Definition of OVERSPIN
noun
An excessive amount of spin applied to a projectile such that its nose does not turn down at the summit of the trajectory.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From over- + spin.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OVERSPIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 63, 22 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 63, 22 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OVERSPIN starts with O and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EINOPRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start OVERSP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OVERSPIN?
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 63 - and most players walked straight past it.
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