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OVERWRITING
Definition of OVERWRITING
verb
present participle and gerund of overwrite
OVERWRITE
verb
To destroy (older) data by recording new data over it.
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Word DNA
OVERWRITING inherits its ancestry from its root, OVERWRITE.
How it is built
Same root, OVERWRITE · 1 relative 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.
OVERWRITING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OVERWRITING starts with O and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGIINORRTVW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and I appear more than once.
Words that start OVERWRI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OVERWRITING?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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