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Is overhold a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word overhold is a Scrabble US word. The word overhold is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

O1V4E1R1H4O1L1D2

Is overhold a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word overhold is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

O1V4E1R1H4O1L1D2

Is overhold a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word overhold is a Words With Friends word. The word overhold is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

O1V5E1R1H3O1L2D2

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8-letter words (2 found)

HOLDOVER,OVERHOLD,

6-letter words (4 found)

HOLDER,HOOVED,HOOVER,OVERDO,

5-letter words (23 found)

DHOLE,DOLOR,DOOLE,DOVER,DROLE,DROOL,DROVE,HOLED,HOORD,HOOVE,HORDE,HOVED,HOVEL,HOVER,LOOED,LOORD,LOVED,LOVER,OLDER,OOHED,RODEO,ROVED,VOLED,

4-letter words (51 found)

DELO,DERO,DERV,DEVO,DHOL,DOER,DOLE,DOOL,DOOR,DORE,DOVE,EORL,HELD,HELO,HERD,HERL,HERO,HOED,HOER,HOLD,HOLE,HOLO,HOOD,HOOR,HORE,HOVE,LEHR,LEVO,LODE,LOOR,LORD,LORE,LOVE,ODOR,OHED,OLDE,OLEO,ORDO,ORLE,OVEL,OVER,REDO,RODE,ROED,ROHE,ROLE,ROOD,ROVE,VELD,VERD,VOLE,

3-letter words (38 found)

DEL,DEV,DOE,DOH,DOL,DOO,DOR,EDH,ELD,EVO,HER,HOD,HOE,HOO,LED,LEV,LOD,LOO,LOR,ODE,OHO,OLD,OLE,OOH,OOR,ORD,ORE,RED,REH,REO,REV,RHO,ROD,ROE,ROO,VOE,VOL,VOR,

2-letter words (15 found)

DE,DO,ED,EH,EL,ER,HE,HO,LO,OD,OE,OH,OO,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 134 words from overhold according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of overhold

overhold

Etymology

From Middle English overholden, from Old English oferhealdan (“to overcome, overtake, hold over, delay to do, neglect”), from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”) + *haldaną (“to hold”), equivalent to over- +‎ hold. Cognate with Dutch overhouden (“to hang on, hold over, save”), German überhalten (“to hold on to, keep”), Danish overholde (“to observe”).

Verb

overhold (third-person singular simple present overholds, present participle overholding, simple past overheld, past participle overheld or overholden)

  1. (transitive) To overvalue; overestimate; hold or estimate at too dear a rate.
  2. (transitive) To hold over; keep.

Derived terms

  • overholding

Noun

overhold (plural overholds)

  1. The act or process of holding over.

Anagrams

  • hold over, holdover

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

overhold

  1. imperative of overholde

Source: wiktionary.org