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Definition of overtaking

"overtaking" in the noun sense

1. passing, overtaking

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"

"overtaking" in the verb sense

1. overtake, catch, catch up with

catch up with and possibly overtake

"The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp"

2. pass, overtake, overhaul

travel past

"The sports car passed all the trucks"

3. overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake

overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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overtaking in Scrabble®

The word overtaking 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: 18

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters overtaking:

OVERTAKING

(207)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (17 words)

evoking, granite, ingrate, invoker, ironage, keratin, orating, otarine, reaking, reaving, tangier, tearing, vearing, vertigo, vetoing, vinegar, vintage

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word overtaking

OVERTAKING

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

OVERTAKING

(207)

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overtaking in Words With Friends™

The word overtaking 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™ Play In The Letters overtaking:

OVERTAKING

(297)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (17 words)

evoking, granite, ingrate, invoker, ironage, keratin, orating, otarine, reaking, reaving, tangier, tearing, vearing, vertigo, vetoing, vinegar, vintage

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word overtaking

OVERTAKING

(297)

OVERTAKING

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In overtaking

OVERTAKING

(297)

OVERTAKING

(225)

OVERTAKING

(186)

EVOKING

(149 = 114 + 35)

OVERTAKING

(138)

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OVERTAKING

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VINEGAR

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Words within the letters of overtaking

2 letter words in overtaking (15 words)

ag ai an ar at en go in it no on or re ta to

3 letter words in overtaking (61 words)

age ago air ant are ark art ate ear eat ego eon era erg eta get gin got ink ion ire irk kat kea keg kin kit nag net nit nor not oak oar oat one ore ova rag ran rat rev rig roe rot tag tan tar tav tea ten tie tin toe ton van vat vet via vie voe

4 letter words in overtaking (97 words)

5 letter words in overtaking (68 words)

6 letter words in overtaking (49 words)

7 letter words in overtaking (17 words)

evoking granite ingrate invoker ironage keratin orating otarine reaking reaving tangier tearing vearing vertigo vetoing vinegar vintage

8 letter words in overtaking (6 words)

averting graviton ravigote retaking revoking revoting

10 letter words in overtaking (1 word)

overtaking

overtaking + 1 blank (1 word)

overtalking

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Words containing the sequence overtaking

Words that start with overtaking (1 word)

overtaking

Words with overtaking in them (1 word)

overtaking

Words that end with overtaking (1 word)

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Word Growth involving overtaking

Shorter words in overtaking

over overt

in kin akin taking

in kin king taking

ta taking

Longer words containing overtaking

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