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OVERTAXING
Definition of OVERTAXING
verb
present participle and gerund of overtax
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OVERTAXING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 73, 1 August 2026.
Built from these letters
OVERTAXING starts with O and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGINORTVX - 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 OVERTAXING?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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