overtakes
Third-person singular simple present indicative of overtake
Length
9
Scrabble
16
WWF
17
Starts
OV
Ends
KES
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “OVERTAKES” Mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of overtake
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
9
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
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Definition
third-person singular simple present indicative of overtake
Length
9 letters
Starts With
O
Ends With
S
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Letters
O, V, E, R, T, A, K, E, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★OVERTAKES has a Scrabble score of 16. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆OVERTAKES is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆OVERTAKES can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆OVERTAKES contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
K
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGCH
CV Pattern
VCVCCVCVC
Vowel Share
44%
Consonant Share
56%
Bigrams
OV, VE, ER, RT, TA, AK, KE, ES
Trigrams
OVE, VER, ERT, RTA, TAK, AKE, KES
Crossword Intelligence
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