This is a short week since words that began with over- and out- dominated this section. We have a remarkable ability to do things in excess and in competition, it seems, and our language reflects that. Interesting, overjoy is not have an excess of joy, like overlove (to love to excess) or oversad (excessively sad). It's only "to fill with great joy." Similarly, to overlive is not to live to an excess but "to outlive." You can have too much love or kindness or meekness (overkind, overmeek) but not enough life or joy, apparently.
I'm going camping for the next couple of weeks, so there will be a summer hiatus from Scrabbling. Over and out.
I'm going camping for the next couple of weeks, so there will be a summer hiatus from Scrabbling. Over and out.
⚛ Units of the Week
Pahlavi: a former coin of Iran
Paisa: a coin of Pakistan
!!! Unexpected Words of the Week
Outecho: to surpass in echoing (because people often try to outecho each other?)
Outfrown: to frown more than
Outwar: to surpass in warring
Overdog: one that is dominant or victorious
Overholy: too holy
Overween: to be arrogant
Owse: ox
Oxter: the armpit
Pablum: insipid writing or speech
Palpebra: an eyelid
♡ Favorite Words of the Week
Outrance: the last extremity
Outsight: the power of perceiving external things
Outwile: to surpass in wiling
Overcoy: too coy
Overwary: too wary
Paean: a song of joy
Palship: the relation existing between close friends
Pahlavi: a former coin of Iran
Paisa: a coin of Pakistan
!!! Unexpected Words of the Week
Outecho: to surpass in echoing (because people often try to outecho each other?)
Outfrown: to frown more than
Outwar: to surpass in warring
Overdog: one that is dominant or victorious
Overholy: too holy
Overween: to be arrogant
Owse: ox
Oxter: the armpit
Pablum: insipid writing or speech
Palpebra: an eyelid
♡ Favorite Words of the Week
Outrance: the last extremity
Outsight: the power of perceiving external things
Outwile: to surpass in wiling
Overcoy: too coy
Overwary: too wary
Paean: a song of joy
Palship: the relation existing between close friends
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