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overburden

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Is overburden a Scrabble word?

Yes, overburden is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 16 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of overburden?

Definition

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To overload or overtax.Examples: "In reality, the levels of work varied: some internationals seemed overburdened with tasks and responsibility, some seemed underburdened, and some faced apparently just the right amount of work."; "He said the increase would avoid overburdening taxpayers who have subsidised the railways by £31 billion since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic."Synonyms: inundate, overload, surcharge, swamptransitive

noun (English)

1. (geology) The rock and subsoil that lies above a mineral deposit such as a coal seam, or any other underground feature.Examples: "Before much progress was made with the inverts, however, the movement became accelerated, and it was decided to lighten the load over the tunnel by removing some of the soil, […]. This reduction in the overburden arrested the movement, and the inverting and centring were completed, and the tunnel opened again to traffic on April 9, 1949."; "Such rocks have been changed by baking in a terrestrial pressure-cooker. Then they have been disinterred: kilometres of overburden must have been removed."; "Settari (2002) and Osorio et al. (1999) also suggest that the analysis domain should include overburdens, sideburdens and underburdens for better accommodation of the coupling effects of stress changes and flow."Synonyms: mullock

2. (archaeology) A sterile stratum that lies above the stratum being investigated

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "overburden"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "overburden"?

Scrabble
16 points
O1
V4
E1
R1
B3
U1
R1
D2
E1
N1
Words With Friends
20 points
O1
V4
E1
R1
B4
U2
R1
D2
E1
N2

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