What OVERDRIVES Means
OVERDRIVES is a form of OVERDRIVE, which means:
- noun: the state of high or excessive activity or productivity or concentration“Troops are ready to go into overdrive as soon as the signal is given”
- noun: a high gear used at high speeds to maintain the driving speed with less output power
- verb: drive or work too hard“Overdriving people often suffer stress”
- verb: make use of too often or too extensively
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
OVERDRIVES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as O1 V4 E1 R1 D2 R1 I1 V4 E1 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In OVERDRIVES
358 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
9 letter words (3)
8 letter words (7)
7 letter words (37)
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6 letter words (67)
DERIVEDERRISDERROSDESIREDEVISEDEVOIRDEVOREDIVERSDOREESDORIESDORISEDORSERDOVERSDOVIERDRERESDRIERSDRIVERDRIVESDROVERDROVESEIDERSERODESORDERSOREIDEOVEREDREDOESREIRDSREIVEDREIVERREIVESRERISEREROSERESIDEREVERSREVIEDREVIESREVISEREVIVEREVVEDRIDERSRIEVERRIEVESRIVERSROSIEDROSIERROVERSSERREDSERVEDSERVERSIEVEDSIRREDSIRREESOEVERSOIREEVERIERVERSEDVERSERVERVESVIDEOSVIREOSVIROSEVISEEDVIVERSVIVRESVOIDEEVOIDERVORRED
5 letter words (89)
DEERSDEEVSDERESDEROSDERRODERVSDIRERDIVERDIVESDIVOSDOERSDOREEDORESDORISDORRSDORSEDOSERDOVERDOVESDOVIEDREESDREREDRIERDRIESDRIVEDROVEEIDEREIDOSEREVSERODEEROSEERREDIDEESORDERORRISOSIEROVERSREDESREDOSREEDSREIRDREIVERESIDRESODREVIERIDERRIDESRIEVERISERRIVEDRIVERRIVESRODESRORESRORIDRORIEROSEDROVEDROVERROVESSEDERSEREDSERERSERRESERVESERVOSEVERSIDERSIEVESIREDSIREESIVERSOREDSOREESORERVEERSVERSEVERSOVERVEVIDEOVIERSVIREDVIREOVIRESVISEDVISORVIVERVIVESVOIDS
4 letter words (85)
DEERDEESDEEVDEREDERODERVDESIDEVSDIESDIREDIVEDIVODIVSDOERDOESDOREDORRDORSDOSEDOVEDREEEIDEEREDERESEREVEROSERRSEVEREVESEVOEEVOSIDEEIDESIREDIRESODESORDSORESOVERREDEREDOREDSREEDREESREISREOSREVSRIDERIDSRISERIVERIVORODERODSROEDROESROREROSEROVESEEDSEERSEIRSERESERRSIDESIRESORDSORESORIVEERVEESVERDVERSVIDEVIDSVIEDVIERVIESVIREVISEVIVEVIVOVOESVOIDVORS
3 letter words (52)
DEEDEIDEVDIEDISDIVDOEDORDOSDSOEDSEREERRERSEVEEVOIDEIDSIOSIREISOODEODSOESOISORDOREORSOSEREDREEREIREORESREVRIDRODROESEDSEESEISERSIRSODSOVSRIVEEVIDVIEVISVOEVOR
2 letter words (18)
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