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OVERWRITING

11 letters

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

verbcompoundover-

Same root, OVERWRITE · 1 relative in the game

OVERWRITE

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

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.

Day 1Day 170
Its one board, across 170 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
138
First board
32
Days since seen

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

cpia9

on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

OVERWRITING
11
Letters
4
Vowels
7
Consonants
9
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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.

OVERWRITEOVERWRITESOVERWRITTEN

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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