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OVERTAX
Definition of OVERTAX
verb
To tax to an excessive degree.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From over- + tax.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, OVERTAX · 3 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.
OVERTAX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 98, 26 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 123, 20 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 37 days.
First found by a player on Day 98, 26 August 2026.
Built from these letters
OVERTAX starts with O and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read AEORTVX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start OVERTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OVERTAX?
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 98 - and most players walked straight past it.
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