overrun is a valid English word

Scrabble validity: valid ( international - Sowpods, US - Twl06 )
iScramble validity: valid
QuickWords validity: valid

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Meanings

Verb

To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing the enemy positions conclusively.
To infest, swarm over, flow over.
• The vine overran its trellis; the field is overrun with weeds.
To run past; to run beyond.
• The athlete overran the finish line and kept going.

Noun (COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE)

An instance of overrunning.
The amount by which something overruns.
• At least this year's overrun isn't as unmanageable as last year!
(aviation) An area of terrain beyond the end of a runway that is kept flat and unobstructed to allow an aircraft that runs off the end of the runway to stop safely.
• The runway has 7,000 feet of paved surface, plus a 2,000-foot grass overrun.

overrun is a Scrabble valid word

• International English (Sowpods) - The word is valid in Scrabble ✓
• US English (TWL06) - The word is valid in Scrabble ✓
• 10 points

overrun is an iScramble valid word

• The word is valid in iScramble ✓
• 28 points

overrun is an QuickWords valid word

• The word is valid in QuickWords ✓
• 28 points

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Same letters words (Anagrams)

• RUNOVER

Same letters plus one

• BURNOVER
• OVERBURN
• OVERRUNG
• OVERRUNS
• OVERTURN
• RUNOVERS
• TURNOVER

Same letters minus one

• OVERUN
• ROVNER
• UNROVE