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OVERTHWART
Definition of OVERTHWART
preposition
From one side to the other of.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English overthwart, overthwert, overtwert, overquert, overwhart, equivalent to over- + thwart. Compare Dutch overdwaars (“across”), Danish overtvært (“across”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (4,849)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OVERTHWART in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 154, 21 October 2026.
Built from these letters
OVERTHWART starts with O and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEHORRTTVW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and T appear more than once.
Words that start OVERTH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OVERTHWART?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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