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Is overwork a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word overwork is a Scrabble US word. The word overwork is worth 18 points in Scrabble:

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Is overwork a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word overwork is a Scrabble UK word and has 18 points:

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Is overwork a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word overwork is a Words With Friends word. The word overwork is worth 19 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

OVERWORK,

7-letter words (1 found)

ROWOVER,

6-letter words (3 found)

KORERO,REWORK,WORKER,

5-letter words (7 found)

ROKER,ROVER,ROWER,VOWER,WOKER,WOOER,WROKE,

4-letter words (16 found)

KERO,KORE,KORO,OVER,OWER,OWRE,ROKE,ROOK,RORE,ROVE,VROW,WERO,WOKE,WORE,WORK,WOVE,

3-letter words (23 found)

ERK,ERR,EVO,EWK,KOR,KOW,OKE,OOR,ORE,OWE,REO,REV,REW,ROE,ROK,ROO,ROW,VOE,VOR,VOW,WOE,WOK,WOO,

2-letter words (11 found)

ER,EW,KO,OE,OK,OO,OR,OW,RE,WE,WO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 63 words from overwork according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of overwork

overwork

Etymology 1

From Middle English overwerken, possibly from Old English oferwyrċan (“to overwork, overlay”), equivalent to over- +‎ work. Cognate with Dutch overwerken (“to overwork”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: ō'və-wûkʹ, IPA(key): /ˌəʊvəˈwɜːk/
  • (US) enPR: ō'vər-wûrkʹ, IPA(key): /ˌoʊvɚˈwɝk/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k

Verb

overwork (third-person singular simple present overworks, present participle overworking, simple past and past participle overworked or overwrought)

  1. (transitive) To make (someone or something) work too hard.
  2. (intransitive) To work too hard.
  3. (transitive) To fill too full of work; to crowd with labour.
  4. (transitive) To decorate all over.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English overwerc, from Old English oferweorc, oferġeweorc (“an overwork, superstructure, tomb”), equivalent to over- +‎ work.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: ōʹvə-wûk', IPA(key): /ˈəʊvəˌwɜːk/
  • (US) enPR: ōʹvər-wûrk', IPA(key): /ˈoʊvɚˌwɝk/

Noun

overwork (uncountable)

  1. a superstructure
  2. excessive work
Translations

See also

  • overtime

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • work over, workover

Source: wiktionary.org