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OVERTAKING
Definition of OVERTAKING
verb
present participle and gerund of overtake
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Word DNA
OVERTAKING 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.
OVERTAKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 57, 16 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 57, 16 July 2026.
Built from these letters
OVERTAKING starts with O and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGIKNORTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OVERTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 57
Could you have found OVERTAKING?
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 57 - and most players walked straight past it.
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