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SURMOUNT
Definition of SURMOUNT
verb
To get or be over without touching or resting on; to overcome.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English surmounten, from Old French surmonter (“to rise above, surmount”), from sur- (“above”) + monter (“to mount”), equivalent to sur- + mount.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (860)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SURMOUNT · 2 relatives 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.
SURMOUNT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SURMOUNT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read MNORSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start SURMOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found SURMOUNT?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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