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OVERSTAFFING
Definition of OVERSTAFFING
verb
present participle and gerund of overstaff
OVERSTAFF
verb
To furnish with too many staff.
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Word DNA
OVERSTAFFING inherits its ancestry from its root, OVERSTAFF.
How it is built
Same root, OVERSTAFF · 2 relatives 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.
OVERSTAFFING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OVERSTAFFING starts with O and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEFFGINORSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start OVERSTAF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OVERSTAFFING?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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