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Is overt a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word overt is a Scrabble US word. The word overt is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is overt a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word overt is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

O1V4E1R1T1

Is overt a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word overt is a Words With Friends word. The word overt is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

O1V5E1R1T1

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5-letter words (3 found)

OVERT,TROVE,VOTER,

4-letter words (8 found)

OVER,ROTE,ROVE,TORE,VERT,VETO,VOTE,VROT,

3-letter words (13 found)

EVO,ORE,ORT,REO,RET,REV,ROE,ROT,TOE,TOR,VET,VOE,VOR,

2-letter words (7 found)

ER,ET,OE,OR,RE,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 32 words from overt according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of overt

overt voert oevrt eovrt veort evort ovret voret orvet rovet vroet rvoet oervt eorvt orevt roevt erovt reovt verot evrot vreot rveot ervot revot ovetr voetr oevtr eovtr veotr evotr ovter voter otver tover vtoer tvoer oetvr eotvr otevr toevr etovr teovr vetor evtor vteor tveor etvor tevor ovrte vorte orvte rovte vrote rvote ovtre votre otvre tovre vtore tvore ortve rotve otrve torve rtove trove vrtoe rvtoe vtroe tvroe rtvoe trvoe oertv eortv oretv roetv erotv reotv oetrv eotrv oterv toerv etorv teorv ortev rotev otrev torev rtoev troev ertov retov etrov terov rteov treov verto evrto vreto rveto ervto revto vetro evtro vtero tvero etvro tevro vrteo rvteo vtreo tvreo rtveo trveo ertvo retvo etrvo tervo rtevo trevo

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word overt. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in overt.

Definitions and meaning of overt

overt

Etymology

From Middle English overt, uverte (“open, uncovered; unfastened; accessible, unobstructed; clear, manifest”), from Anglo-Norman overt, Middle French ouvert, Old French overt, ouvert, uvert (“opened”) (modern French ouvert), past participle of Anglo-Norman, Old French ovrir, ouvrir, uvrir (“to open”), from Late Latin operire, variant of Latin aperīre (“to open”), from aperiō (“to open, uncover”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“away; from”) + *h₂wer- (“to cover, shut”). The English word is a doublet of apert and ouvert.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ə(ʊ)ˈvɜːt/, /ˈəʊvə(ː)t/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /oʊˈvɚt/, /ˈoʊvɚt/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t

Adjective

overt (not comparable)

  1. Open and not concealed or secret.
    Synonyms: manifest, open, patent, plain, unconcealed
    Antonyms: covert, hidden, nonovert; see also Thesaurus:covert
  2. (heraldry) Disclosed.

Antonyms

  • covert

Derived terms

Related terms

  • overture

Translations

Noun

overt (plural overts)

  1. (Scientology) An action or condition said to be detrimental to one’s own survival and thus unethical; the consciousness of such behaviour.
    Hyponym: withhold

Derived terms

  • O/W

References

Anagrams

  • orvet, trove, voter

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *opertus, from Latin apertus.

Verb

overt

  1. past participle of ovrir

Descendants

  • Middle French: ouvert
    • French: ouvert (see there for further descendants)
  • Norman: ouvaert, ouvert; ouvèrt
  • → Middle English: overt, uverte
    • English: overt
    • Scots: overt, ovart

Source: wiktionary.org