Is OVERTAKING a word?
OVERTAKING is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words With Friends, has 10 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, OVERTAKING is a valid word.
What does overtaking mean?
noun: going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it.
“she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
OVERTAKING: word details
- Pronunciation: OH-vur-tay-kihng (approx., 4 syllables)
- Length: 10 letters, a long word. It is one of 35,784 10-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 18 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 21 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside overtaking
Words you can make from the letters of overtaking.
Solve a whole rack, not just OVERTAKING
OVERTAKING is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does OVERTAKING mean?
OVERTAKING is a noun. It means: going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it.
Is OVERTAKING a valid word?
Yes, OVERTAKING is a valid word. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.