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OVERTONE
Definition of OVERTONE
noun
A tone whose frequency is an integer multiple of another; a member of the harmonic series.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From over- + tone, calque of German Oberton.
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.
OVERTONE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 88, 16 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OVERTONE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EENOORTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and E appear more than once.
Words that start OVERTO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OVERTONE?
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 88 - and most players walked straight past it.
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