Reading the Scrabble Dictionary: Week 29

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.

⚛ 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

(Pages 393–406)