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OVERSTEP
Definition of OVERSTEP
verb
To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English *oversteppen, from Old English ofersteppan, from Proto-Germanic *uberstapjaną (“to step over; overstep”). Cognate with Dutch overstappen, German Low German överstappen, German überstapfen, überstepfen. Cf. transgress. By surface analysis, over- + step.
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.
OVERSTEP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 86, 14 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First found by a player on Day 86, 14 August 2026.
Built from these letters
OVERSTEP starts with O and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read EEOPRSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
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 OVERST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OVERSTEP?
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 86 - and most players walked straight past it.
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