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OVERTIME
Definition of OVERTIME
noun
Working time outside of one's regular hours.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From over- + time.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, OVERTIME · 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.
OVERTIME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
OVERTIME starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEIMORTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start OVERTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found OVERTIME?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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