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OVERTAKES

9 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 18 pts

OVERTAKES is a valid 9-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 18 in Super Big Boggle.

OVERTAKES root OVERTAKE-s

Word family

OVERTAKE 11 OVERTAKING 11 OVERTOOK 11 OVERTAKEN-n 11
verb
  1. To pass a slower moving object or entity (on the side closest to oncoming traffic).
    • The racehorse overtook the lead pack on the last turn.
    • The car was so slow we were overtaken by a bus.
  2. transitiveTo become greater than something else in quantity, worth, etc.
    • Grocery sales in the north have overtaken those in the south.
  3. To take by surprise; surprise and overcome; carry away.
    • Our plans were overtaken by events.
noun
  1. An act of overtaking; an overtaking maneuver.
    • There wasn't enough distance left before the bend for an overtake, so I had to trundle behind the tractor for another mile.