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Is overdrive a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word overdrive is a Scrabble US word. The word overdrive is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

O1V4E1R1D2R1I1V4E1

Is overdrive a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word overdrive is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

O1V4E1R1D2R1I1V4E1

Is overdrive a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word overdrive is a Words With Friends word. The word overdrive is worth 18 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

O1V5E1R1D2R1I1V5E1

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9-letter words (1 found)

OVERDRIVE,

8-letter words (1 found)

OVERRIDE,

7-letter words (8 found)

DERIVER,OVERRED,REDRIVE,REDROVE,REVIVED,REVIVER,REVIVOR,RIVERED,

6-letter words (19 found)

DERIVE,DEVOIR,DEVORE,DOVIER,DRIVER,DROVER,OREIDE,OVERED,REIVED,REIVER,REVIED,REVIVE,REVVED,RIEVED,RIEVER,VERIER,VOIDEE,VOIDER,VORRED,

5-letter words (31 found)

DERRO,DIRER,DIVER,DOREE,DOVER,DOVIE,DREER,DRERE,DRIER,DRIVE,DROVE,EIDER,ERODE,ERRED,ORDER,REIRD,REIVE,REVIE,RIDER,RIEVE,RIVED,RIVER,RORID,RORIE,ROVED,ROVER,VERVE,VIDEO,VIRED,VIREO,VIVER,

4-letter words (43 found)

DEER,DEEV,DERE,DERO,DERV,DEVI,DEVO,DIRE,DIVE,DIVO,DOER,DORE,DORR,DOVE,DREE,EIDE,ERED,EREV,EVER,EVOE,IDEE,IRED,OVER,REDE,REDO,REED,RIDE,RIVE,RIVO,RODE,ROED,ROID,RORE,ROVE,VEER,VERD,VIDE,VIED,VIER,VIRE,VIVE,VIVO,VOID,

3-letter words (29 found)

DEE,DEI,DEV,DIE,DIV,DOE,DOR,ERE,ERR,EVE,EVO,IDE,IRE,ODE,ORD,ORE,RED,REE,REI,REO,REV,RID,ROD,ROE,VEE,VID,VIE,VOE,VOR,

2-letter words (13 found)

DE,DI,DO,ED,EE,ER,ID,IO,OD,OE,OI,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 146 words from overdrive according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of overdrive

overdrive

Pronunciation

  • (verb) IPA(key): /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈdɹaɪv/
  • (noun) IPA(key): /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌdɹaɪv/

Etymology 1

From Middle English overdriven, from Old English oferdrīfan, equivalent to over- +‎ drive. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uurdrieuwe (“to overdo, overstate”), Dutch overdrijven (“to exaggerate”), German Low German overdrieven, överdrieven (“to overdo, exaggerate”), German übertreiben (“to overdo, exaggerate”), Norwegian overdrive (“to exaggerate”).

Verb

overdrive (third-person singular simple present overdrives, present participle overdriving, simple past overdrove, past participle overdriven)

  1. (transitive) To drive too hard, or far, or beyond strength.

Etymology 2

From over- +‎ drive From the gear over "D" (drive) in an automatic transmission vehicle.

Noun

overdrive (countable and uncountable, plural overdrives)

  1. (dated, automotive) A gear, on an automobile, higher than the normal top gear.
  2. (uncountable, figurative) A state of heightened activity.
Synonyms

(abbreviation)

  • OD
  • O/D
  • O.D. / O. D.
Coordinate terms
  • 4th gear (in an automatic transmission vehicle)
  • 5th gear (in a manual transmission vehicle)
Derived terms
  • (abbreviation) O. D. / O.D. / O/D / OD
Translations

See also

  • hyperdrive
  • understeer
  • oversteer

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

over- +‎ drive; after German übertreiben

Verb

overdrive (imperative overdriv, present tense overdriver, simple past overdrev or overdreiv, past participle overdrevet, present participle overdrivende)

  1. to exaggerate (overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Derived terms

  • overdrivelse

Related terms

  • overdreven

References

  • “overdrive” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

overdrive

  1. neuter of overdriven

Verb

overdrive (present tense overdriv, past tense overdreiv, supine overdrive, past participle overdriven, present participle overdrivande, imperative overdriv)

  1. Alternative form of overdriva

Source: wiktionary.org