Jumble solved
Is OVERTAKES a word? Yes.
OVERTAKES is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 9 letters, worth 16 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 3 anagrams, with 386 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 386
- Full anagrams
- 3
- Longest answer
- 9 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 4 : 5
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 4 vowels (O, E, A, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 5 remaining consonants (V, R, T, K, S).
Anagrams of OVERTAKES
3 words use all 9 letters — every full rearrangement of the scramble:
9-letter words
3 words found8-letter words
5 words found7-letter words
11 words found6-letter words
52 words found- evoker13
- evokes13
- revoke13
- arkose10
- ketose10
- korats10
- rakees10
- resoak10
- retake10
- skater10
- soaker10
- staker10
- stoker10
- strake10
- streak10
+ 37 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
104 words found- evoke12
+ 89 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
121 words found+ 106 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
73 words found+ 58 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
17 words found+ 2 more 2-letter words
Words hidden inside OVERTAKES
Without moving a single letter, reading overtakes straight through uncovers 6 shorter words — overtake, overt, takes, over, take, vert. The longest unbroken run is overtake.
Related jumbles to try
Same letters, different word: unscramble overskate, unscramble takeovers.
Shorter words inside OVERTAKES — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to OVERTAKES
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and overtakes opens up 3 10-letter words. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
9
Distinct
8
Vowels
44%
O, E, A, E
Consonants
56%
V, R, T, K, S
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Solving OVERTAKES: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters overtakes?
Rearranging the 9 letters in overtakes produces 386 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 9-letter answer overskate here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does overtakes have any anagrams?
Using every one of the 9 letters, overtakes can be rearranged into 3 words: overskate, overtakes and takeovers. These are full anagrams — each uses the same tiles in a different order.
What is the longest word you can make from overtakes?
The longest solutions run to 9 letters: overskate, overtakes and takeovers. Reaching the full length means every one of those tiles is in play at once.
What are the easiest short words from overtakes?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: overtakes yields are, ark, aro, ars, art, ask, ate, ats, ave and avo. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
Which word from overtakes scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, overskate is the top scorer from overtakes at 16 points, followed by overtakes (16), takeovers (16) and overtake (15). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside overtakes?
Read left to right without moving any letters and overtakes already contains 6 shorter words: overtake, overt, takes, over, take and vert. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is overtake. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.