Unscramble overtakes

Unscramble OVERTAKES to get 289 words. OVERTAKES itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of OVERTAKES are on the page: OVERSKATE and TAKEOVERS, each 16 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.

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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.

Possible Words From overtakes

By length, the words from OVERTAKES split into 3 with 9 letters, 9 with 8, 16 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.

9 Letter Words You Can Make with overtakes

The 9-letter words made with OVERTAKES letters are 3: OVERTAKES itself and 2 anagrams, TAKEOVERS and OVERSKATE. Each scores 16 points.

8 Letter Words You Can Make with overtakes

9 8-letter words in OVERTAKES; 6 of them share the top score of 15. TAKEOVER is an everyday pick.

7 Letter Words You Can Make with overtakes

Of the 16 7-letter words from OVERTAKES, 4 score 14 points, the group's best.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with overtakes

EVOKE and KERVE are the top 5-letter words in OVERTAKES, 12 points each. TAKES, STAKE and SKATE will look familiar.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with overtakes

The best of the 4-letter words made with OVERTAKES letters is KVAS, 11 points; AKEE and AKES on 8 follow. TAKE, TASK and SEEK are everyday picks.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with overtakes

21 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERTAKES tie at 7 points; none scores more. ARE, ART and ASK will look familiar.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with overtakes

KA, KO and OK share the top score of 6 among the 2-letter words from OVERTAKES. OR, AT and AS are the ones most people know.

Neighbor Words of OVERTAKES

Trade one tile of OVERTAKES for another and you can spell these 6 words:

More 9-letter words: starting with OV · ending in ES · all 9-letter words

Definitions for the Top OVERTAKES Plays

OVERTAKES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.

Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends

OVERTAKES 16 · 17
to catch up with
OVERSKATE 16 · 17
to skate past a hockey puck
TAKEOVERS 16 · 17
the act of assuming control
OVERTAKE 15 · 16
to catch up with
OVERTASK 15 · 16
to task too severely
TAKEOVER 15 · 16
the act of assuming control
EVOKERS 14 · 15
an evocator
REVOKES 14 · 15
to annul by taking back

OVERTAKES in Scrabble and Words With Friends: Can You Play It?

OVERTAKES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.

GameScrabble USScrabble UKWords With Friends*
OVERTAKES itselfYesYesYes
Answers accepted (of 289)211289196

* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.

78 of the 289 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OVERKEST, VOERTSAK, VOERTSEK, VOETSAK, VOETSEK, KERVES, KERVE, KREASOTE, KOTARES, SAKERET, ATOKES, ESTOVER and 66 more. 15 of the 289 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: OVERSKATE, STAKER, KETAS, KORAS, SKORT, KETA, KORA, EEK, OK, OSETRA, SEV, ARO and 3 more.

One Extra Tile and OVERTAKES Grows

These 3 words take every letter of OVERTAKES plus a single extra one.

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