The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
OVERTIMELY
Definition of OVERTIMELY
Wiktionary has no entry for OVERTIMELY itself. This is its base word, OVERTIME.
noun
Working time outside of one's regular hours.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for OVERTIME.
From over- + time.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OVERTIMELY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 119, 16 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OVERTIMELY starts with O and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EEILMORTVY - 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.
Could you have found OVERTIMELY?
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 119 - and most players walked straight past it.
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