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Is overall a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word overall is a Scrabble US word. The word overall is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

O1V4E1R1A1L1L1

Is overall a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word overall is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

O1V4E1R1A1L1L1

Is overall a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word overall is a Words With Friends word. The word overall is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

O1V5E1R1A1L2L2

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7-letter words (2 found)

ALLOVER,OVERALL,

6-letter words (1 found)

LOREAL,

5-letter words (16 found)

LAEVO,LAVER,LOAVE,LORAL,LOREL,LOVER,OLLAV,OLLER,ORVAL,RAVEL,REALO,RELLO,VALOR,VELAR,VOLAE,VOLAR,

4-letter words (39 found)

AERO,ALOE,ARLE,ARVO,AVEL,AVER,EARL,EORL,LAER,LARE,LAVE,LEAL,LEAR,LEVA,LEVO,LORE,LOVE,OLEA,OLLA,ORAL,ORLE,OVAL,OVEL,OVER,RALE,RAVE,REAL,ROLE,ROLL,ROVE,VALE,VARE,VEAL,VELA,VELL,VERA,VOAR,VOLA,VOLE,

3-letter words (28 found)

ALE,ALL,ARE,AVE,AVO,EAR,ELL,ERA,EVO,LAR,LAV,LEA,LEV,LOR,OAR,OLE,ORA,ORE,OVA,RAV,REO,REV,ROE,VAE,VAR,VOE,VOL,VOR,

2-letter words (11 found)

AE,AL,AR,EA,EL,ER,LA,LO,OE,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 98 words from overall according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of overall

overall

Etymology

From Middle English overall, overal, from Old English ofer eall, ofer ealle (“over all”), equivalent to over +‎ all. Compare Saterland Frisian oural, uural (“everywhere”), West Frisian oeral (“everywhere”), Dutch overal (“everywhere”), German Low German overall, överall (“everywhere; all over”), German überall (“all over; everywhere”), Danish overalt (“everywhere”), Swedish överallt (“everywhere; overall”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) (adjective, adverb) IPA(key): /ˌəʊvəɹˈɔːl/
  • (UK) (noun) IPA(key): /ˈəʊvəɹɔːl/
  • (US) (adjective, adverb) IPA(key): /ˌoʊvɚˈɔl/
  • (US) (noun) IPA(key): /ˈoʊvɚɔl/
  • (cot–caught merger, Inland Northern American) (adjective, adverb) IPA(key): /ˌoʊvɚˈɑl/
  • (cot–caught merger, Inland Northern American) (noun) IPA(key): /ˈoʊvɚɑl/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːl

Adjective

overall (comparative more overall, superlative most overall)

  1. All-encompassing, all around.

Synonyms

  • big, entire, total, whole; see also Thesaurus:entire
  • exhaustive, thorough; see also Thesaurus:comprehensive

Translations

Adverb

overall (not comparable)

  1. Generally; with everything considered.

Synonyms

  • all things considered; see also Thesaurus:mostly

Derived terms

  • length overall

Translations

Noun

overall (plural overalls)

  1. (British) A garment worn over other clothing to protect it; a coverall or boiler suit. A garment, for manual labor or for casual wear, often made of a single piece of fabric, with long legs and a bib upper, supported from the shoulders with straps, and having several large pockets and loops for carrying tools.
  2. (in the plural, US) A garment, worn for manual labor, with an integral covering extending to the chest, supported by straps.

Synonyms

  • overslop
  • slop

Translations

Further reading

  • “overall”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “overall”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • all over, all-over, allover, valerol

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English overall, from over + all.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔvɛˈroːl/, /ɔvɛˈral/, /ʊvɛˈroːl/, /ʊvɛˈral/

Noun

overall c

  1. a coverall

Declension

References

  • overall in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).

Source: wiktionary.org