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OVERZEALS
Definition of OVERZEALS
Wiktionary has no entry for OVERZEALS itself. This is its base word, OVERZEAL.
noun
Excessive zeal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for OVERZEAL.
From over- + zeal.
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.
OVERZEALS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 107, 4 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OVERZEALS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEELORSVZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start OVERZE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OVERZEALS?
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 107 - and most players walked straight past it.
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