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OVERSTAIN
Definition of OVERSTAIN
verb
To stain the surface of; besmear.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From over- + stain.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, OVERSTAIN · 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.
OVERSTAIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 126, 23 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 128, 25 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 126, 23 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OVERSTAIN starts with O and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEINORSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OVERST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OVERSTAIN?
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 126 - and most players walked straight past it.
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