Definition of overshooting

"overshooting" in the verb sense

1. overshoot

shoot beyond or over (a target)

2. overshoot

aim too high

"The plan overshoots its aim"

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overshooting in Scrabble®

The word overshooting is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 19

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters overshooting:

OVERSHOOTING
(198)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (60 words)

erosion, goiters, goitres, gooiest, goosier, goriest, governs, grooves, grovets, heroins, histone, hogties, hooting, hoovers, hornets, horsing, hosting, ignores, inshore, inverts, norites, ogreish, onshore, orients, orogens, overhot, oversit, regions, reshoot, resight, resting, rooting, serving, shoeing, shooing, shooter, shoring, shorten, shoving, sighter, soother, sootier, sooting, sorting, stinger, stonier, storing, striven, thiones, thrives, thrones, throngs, toonies, torsion, triones, versing, version, vertigo, vesting, vetoing

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word overshooting

OVERSHOOTING
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In overshooting

OVERSHOOTING
(198)
OVERSHOOTING
(189)
OVERSHOOTING
(132)
OVERSHOOTING
(126)
SHOVING
(106 = 56 + 50)
SHOVING
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SHOVING
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SHOVING
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OVERHOT
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OVERHOT
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SHOVING
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OVERSHOOTING
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GOVERNS
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SHORING
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SERVING
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VERSING
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HOGTIES
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SIGHTER
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HORSING
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SHOEING
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GROVETS
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HOSTING
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SHOOING
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VESTING
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RESIGHT
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SHOOING
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INSHORE
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OVERSHOOTING
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ONSHORE
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VERSION
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overshooting in Words With Friends™

The word overshooting is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 21

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters overshooting:

OVERSHOOTING
(261)
OVERSHOOTING
(261)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (60 words)

erosion, goiters, goitres, gooiest, goosier, goriest, governs, grooves, grovets, heroins, histone, hogties, hooting, hoovers, hornets, horsing, hosting, ignores, inshore, inverts, norites, ogreish, onshore, orients, orogens, overhot, oversit, regions, reshoot, resight, resting, rooting, serving, shoeing, shooing, shooter, shoring, shorten, shoving, sighter, soother, sootier, sooting, sorting, stinger, stonier, storing, striven, thiones, thrives, thrones, throngs, toonies, torsion, triones, versing, version, vertigo, vesting, vetoing

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word overshooting

OVERSHOOTING
(261)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In overshooting

OVERSHOOTING
(261)
OVERSHOOTING
(261)
OVERSHOOTING
(225)
OVERSHOOTING
(225)
OVERSHOOTING
(174)
OVERSHOOTING
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SHOVING
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GOVERNS
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SHOVING
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SERVING
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OVERSHOOTING
(116)
VESTING
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VERSING
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SHOVING
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SHOVING
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VETOING
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SERVING
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STRIVEN
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THRIVES
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GROVETS
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VERTIGO
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SHOVING
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VERSION
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VETOING
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VERTIGO
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GROVETS
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HOGTIES
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VETOING
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VESTING
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SHOVING
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VERSION
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SHOVING
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GROOVES
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OVERHOT
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THRIVES
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OVERSIT
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OVERSHOOTING
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Words within the letters of overshooting

2 letter words in overshooting (16 words)

9 letter words in overshooting (5 words)

10 letter words in overshooting (2 words)

12 letter words in overshooting (1 word)

Words containing the sequence overshooting

Words that start with overshooting (1 word)

Words with overshooting in them (1 word)

Words that end with overshooting (1 word)

Word Growth involving overshooting

Shorter words in overshooting

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hoot hooting shooting

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hoot shoot shooting

shoo shoot shooting

Longer words containing overshooting

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