Definitions For Overdrive

noun

  • A high gear used at high speeds to maintain the driving speed with less output power
  • The state of high or excessive activity or productivity or concentration
  • A gear in an automobile that allows it to be driven at higher speeds
  • A state of great activity especially in order to achieve something

verb

  • Make use of too often or too extensively
  • Drive or work too hard

Is Overdrive a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
18

The word Overdrive is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Overdrive in a Sentence

  • He put the car into overdrive.
  • His acting career is in overdrive.
  • The reporters went into overdrive to finish their stories on time.

Synonyms for Overdrive

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