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OVERRUNS

8 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 11 pts

OVERRUNS is a valid 8-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 11 in Classic, 11 in Big, and 11 in Super Big Boggle.

OVERRUNS root OVERRUN-s

Word family

OVERRUN 5 OVERRUNNING-ning 11 OVERRAN 5
verb
  1. transitiveTo defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing the enemy positions conclusively.
  2. transitiveTo infest, swarm over, flow over.
    • The vine overran its trellis; the field is overrun with weeds.
  3. transitiveTo run past; to run beyond.
    • The athlete overran the finish line and kept going.
    • One line overruns another in length.
  4. transitiveTo run past the end of.
    • The aircraft didn't stop in time and overran the runway.
  5. intransitiveTo continue for too long.
    • The performance overran by ten minutes, which caused some people to miss their bus home.
  6. transitiveTo carry (some type, a line or column, etc.) backward or forward into an adjacent line or page.
  7. transitiveTo go beyond; to extend in part beyond.
    • In machinery, a sliding piece is said to overrun its bearing when its forward end goes beyond it.
  8. transitiveTo abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.
noun
  1. countableuncountableAn instance of overrunning.
  2. countableuncountableA turnover: a break to a new line by text flowing within the column.
  3. countableuncountableThe amount by which something overruns.
    • At least this year's overrun isn't as unmanageable as last year!
  4. countableuncountableAn area of terrain beyond the end of a runway that is kept flat and unobstructed to allow an aircraft that runs off the end of the runway to stop safely.
    • The runway has 7,000 feet of paved surface, plus a 2,000-foot grass overrun.
  5. countableuncountableAir that is whipped into a frozen dessert to make it easier to serve and eat.