8-letter words starting with OVER
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter OVER. This section showcases how OVER at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with OVER, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| overcome | 15 | get on top of; deal with successfully | - |
| overtime | 13 | playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie | - |
| overseas | 11 | in a place across an ocean | - |
| overdose | 12 | dose too heavily | The rock star overdosed and was found dead in his hotel room |
| overhead | 15 | (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command | - |
| override | 12 | the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something | - |
| overlook | 15 | look down on | - |
| overtake | 15 | overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli | - |
| overcame | 15 | - | - |
| overflow | 17 | flow or run over (a limit or brim) | - |
| overalls | 11 | - | - |
| overload | 12 | place too much a load on | don't overload the car |
| overpass | 13 | bridge formed by the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels | - |
| overhear | 14 | hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers | We overheard the conversation at the next table |
| overcoat | 13 | an additional protective coating (as of paint or varnish) | - |
| overdone | 12 | represented as greater than is true or reasonable | - |
| overhaul | 14 | the act of improving by renewing and restoring | a major overhaul of the healthcare system was proposed |
| overture | 11 | something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows | drinks were the overture to dinner |
| overturn | 11 | the act of upsetting something | - |
| overview | 17 | a general summary of a subject | the treasurer gave a brief overview of the financial consequences |
| overkill | 15 | any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal | - |
| overpaid | 14 | - | - |
| overcast | 13 | make overcast or cloudy | Fall weather often overcasts our beaches |
| overlord | 12 | a person who has general authority over others | - |
| overheat | 14 | get excessively and undesirably hot | The car engines overheated |
| overseer | 11 | a person who directs and manages an organization | - |
| overland | 12 | traveling or passing over land | an overland journey |
| overtook | 15 | - | - |
| overcook | 17 | cook too long | The vegetables were completely overcooked |
| overrule | 11 | rule against | The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill |
| overwork | 18 | the act of working too much or too long | he became ill from overwork |
| overused | 12 | - | - |
| overbite | 13 | (dentistry) malocclusion in which the upper teeth extend abnormally far over the lower teeth | - |
| overstay | 14 | stay too long | overstay or outstay one's welcome |
| overshot | 14 | having an upper part projecting beyond the lower | an overshot jaw |
| overhang | 15 | be suspended over or hang over | - |
| overhand | 15 | with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level | an overhand pitch |
| overseen | 11 | - | - |
| overstep | 13 | pass beyond (limits or boundaries) | - |
| overripe | 13 | too ripe and beginning to turn soft | - |
| oversize | 20 | larger than normal for its kind | - |
| overdraw | 15 | to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth | - |
| overfeed | 15 | feed excessively | - |
| overplay | 16 | exaggerate one's acting | - |
| overtone | 11 | a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency | - |
| overbill | 13 | - | - |
| overlaid | 12 | - | - |
| overmuch | 18 | more than necessary | let's not blame them overmuch |
| oversold | 12 | - | - |
| overtire | 11 | tire excessively | - |
| overbear | 13 | contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery | - |
| overfall | 14 | - | - |
| overgrow | 15 | grow beyond or across | - |
| overrate | 11 | make too high an estimate of | - |
| overrode | 12 | - | - |
| overable | 13 | - | - |
| overacts | 13 | - | - |
| overaged | 13 | too old to be useful | - |
| overages | 12 | - | - |
| overarch | 16 | form an arch over | Big rocks overarch the stream |
| overarms | 13 | - | - |
| overawed | 15 | overcome by a feeling of awe | - |
| overawes | 14 | - | - |
| overbake | 17 | - | - |
| overbank | 17 | - | - |
| overbeat | 13 | - | - |
| overbets | 13 | - | - |
| overbids | 14 | - | - |
| overblew | 16 | - | - |
| overblow | 16 | - | - |
| overboil | 13 | overflow or cause to overflow while boiling | - |
| overbold | 14 | improperly forward or bold | - |
| overbook | 17 | - | - |
| overboot | 13 | - | - |
| overbore | 13 | - | - |
| overborn | 13 | - | - |
| overbred | 14 | - | - |
| overbrim | 15 | - | - |
| overbrow | 16 | - | - |
| overbulk | 17 | - | - |
| overburn | 13 | - | - |
| overbusy | 16 | too busy | - |
| overbuys | 16 | - | - |
| overcall | 13 | (bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand) | - |
| overclad | 14 | - | - |
| overcloy | 16 | - | - |
| overclub | 15 | - | - |
| overcold | 14 | - | - |
| overcool | 13 | - | - |
| overcram | 15 | - | - |
| overcraw | 16 | - | - |
| overcrop | 15 | to exhaust by excessive cultivation | the farmers overcropped the land |
| overcrow | 16 | - | - |
| overcure | 13 | - | - |
| overcuts | 13 | - | - |
| overdare | 12 | - | - |
| overdear | 12 | - | - |
| overdeck | 18 | - | - |
| overdoer | 12 | - | - |
| overdoes | 12 | - | - |
| overdogs | 13 | - | - |
| overdrew | 15 | - | - |
| overdubs | 14 | - | - |
| overdust | 12 | - | - |
| overdyed | 16 | - | - |
| overdyer | 15 | - | - |
| overdyes | 15 | - | - |
| overeasy | 14 | - | - |
| overeats | 11 | - | - |
| overedit | 12 | - | - |
| overeggs | 13 | - | - |
| overeyed | 15 | - | - |
| overeyes | 14 | - | - |
| overfast | 14 | - | - |
| overfear | 14 | - | - |
| overfell | 14 | - | - |
| overfill | 14 | fill beyond capacity | overfill the baskets |
| overfine | 14 | - | - |
| overfish | 17 | - | - |
| overflew | 17 | - | - |
| overfold | 15 | - | - |
| overfond | 15 | excessively fond | - |
| overfoul | 14 | - | - |
| overfree | 14 | - | - |
| overfull | 14 | exceeding demand | - |
| overfund | 15 | - | - |
| overgall | 12 | - | - |
| overgang | 13 | - | - |
| overgave | 15 | - | - |
| overgear | 12 | - | - |
| overgets | 12 | - | - |
| overgild | 13 | - | - |
| overgilt | 12 | - | - |
| overgird | 13 | - | - |
| overgirt | 12 | - | - |
| overgive | 15 | - | - |
| overglad | 13 | - | - |
| overgoad | 13 | - | - |
| overgoes | 12 | - | - |
| overgone | 12 | - | - |
| overgrew | 15 | - | - |
| overhair | 14 | - | - |
| overhale | 14 | - | - |
| overhard | 15 | - | - |
| overhate | 14 | - | - |
| overheap | 16 | - | - |
| overheld | 15 | - | - |
| overhent | 14 | - | - |
| overhigh | 18 | - | - |
| overhits | 14 | - | - |
| overhold | 15 | - | - |
| overholy | 17 | - | - |
| overhope | 16 | - | - |
| overhung | 15 | - | - |
| overhunt | 14 | - | - |
| overhype | 19 | - | - |
| overidle | 12 | - | - |
| overjoys | 21 | - | - |
| overjump | 22 | - | - |
| overjust | 18 | - | - |
| overkeen | 15 | - | - |
| overkeep | 17 | - | - |
| overkept | 17 | - | - |
| overkest | 15 | - | - |
| overkind | 16 | - | - |
| overking | 16 | - | - |
| overknee | 15 | - | - |
| overlade | 12 | - | - |
| overlain | 11 | - | - |
| overlaps | 13 | - | - |
| overlard | 12 | - | - |
| overlate | 11 | - | - |
| overlays | 14 | - | - |
| overleaf | 14 | - | - |
| overleap | 13 | jump across or leap over (an obstacle) | - |
| overlend | 12 | - | - |
| overlent | 11 | - | - |
| overlets | 11 | - | - |
| overlewd | 15 | - | - |
| overlier | 11 | - | - |
| overlies | 11 | - | - |
| overlive | 14 | - | - |
| overlock | 17 | - | - |
| overlong | 12 | - | - |
| overloud | 12 | - | - |
| overlove | 14 | - | - |
| overlush | 14 | - | - |
| overmans | 13 | - | - |
| overmany | 16 | - | - |
| overmast | 13 | - | - |
| overmeek | 17 | - | - |
| overmelt | 13 | - | - |
| overmild | 14 | - | - |
| overmilk | 17 | - | - |
| overmine | 13 | - | - |
| overname | 13 | - | - |
| overnear | 11 | - | - |
| overneat | 11 | - | - |
| overnets | 11 | - | - |
| overnice | 13 | excessively fastidious and easily disgusted | - |
| overpack | 19 | - | - |
| overpage | 14 | - | - |
| overpart | 13 | - | - |
| overpast | 13 | - | - |
| overpays | 16 | - | - |
| overpeer | 13 | - | - |
| overpert | 13 | - | - |
| overplan | 13 | - | - |
| overplot | 13 | - | - |
| overplus | 13 | extreme excess | - |
| overpost | 13 | - | - |
| overpump | 17 | - | - |
| overrack | 17 | - | - |
| overrake | 15 | - | - |
| overrank | 15 | - | - |
| overrash | 14 | - | - |
| overread | 12 | - | - |
| overreds | 12 | - | - |
| overrens | 11 | - | - |
| overrich | 16 | - | - |
| overrife | 14 | - | - |
| overrude | 12 | - | - |
| overruff | 17 | - | - |
| overruns | 11 | - | - |
| oversail | 11 | - | - |
| oversale | 11 | - | - |
| oversalt | 11 | - | - |
| oversave | 14 | - | - |
| overseed | 12 | - | - |
| oversees | 11 | - | - |
| oversell | 11 | - | - |
| oversets | 11 | - | - |
| oversewn | 14 | sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together) | - |
| oversews | 14 | - | - |
| overshoe | 14 | footwear that protects your shoes from water or snow or cold | - |
| oversick | 17 | - | - |
| overside | 12 | - | - |
| overskip | 17 | - | - |
| overslip | 13 | - | - |
| overslow | 14 | - | - |
| oversman | 13 | - | - |
| oversmen | 13 | - | - |
| oversoak | 15 | - | - |
| oversoft | 14 | - | - |
| oversoon | 11 | - | - |
| oversoul | 11 | - | - |
| oversown | 14 | - | - |
| oversows | 14 | - | - |
| overspin | 13 | - | - |
| overstir | 11 | - | - |
| oversuds | 12 | - | - |
| oversups | 13 | - | - |
| oversure | 11 | - | - |
| overswam | 16 | - | - |
| oversway | 17 | - | - |
| overswim | 16 | - | - |
| overswum | 16 | - | - |
| overtalk | 15 | - | - |
| overtame | 13 | - | - |
| overtart | 11 | - | - |
| overtask | 15 | - | - |
| overteem | 13 | - | - |
| overthin | 14 | - | - |
| overtips | 13 | - | - |
| overtoil | 11 | - | - |
| overtops | 13 | - | - |
| overtrim | 13 | - | - |
| overtrip | 13 | - | - |
| overtype | 16 | - | - |
| overurge | 12 | - | - |
| overuses | 11 | - | - |
| overveil | 14 | - | - |
| overvote | 14 | - | - |
| overwarm | 16 | - | - |
| overwary | 17 | - | - |
| overwash | 17 | - | - |
| overweak | 18 | - | - |
| overwear | 14 | - | - |
| overween | 14 | - | - |
| overwent | 14 | - | - |
| overwets | 14 | - | - |
| overwide | 15 | - | - |
| overwily | 17 | - | - |
| overwind | 15 | - | - |
| overwing | 15 | - | - |
| overwise | 14 | - | - |
| overword | 15 | - | - |
| overwore | 14 | - | - |
| overworn | 14 | - | - |
| overwrap | 16 | - | - |
| overyear | 14 | - | - |
| overzeal | 20 | - | - |
