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OVERTAKES
Definition of OVERTAKES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of overtake
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Word DNA
OVERTAKES inherits its ancestry from its root, OVERTAKE.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,197)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OVERTAKE · 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.
OVERTAKES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 93, 21 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 35 days.
First found by a player on Day 93, 21 August 2026.
Built from these letters
OVERTAKES starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEKORSTV - 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 OVERTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OVERTAKES?
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 93 - and most players walked straight past it.
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