UnscrambleTheWord.co

overtone

Is it a Scrabble word? See definition, points, and words you can make.

Is overtone a Scrabble word?

Yes, overtone is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 11 points in Scrabble.

Word Games

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

What is the meaning of overtone?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (physics, music) A tone whose frequency is an integer multiple of another; a member of the harmonic series.

2. (figuratively, often in the plural) An implicit message (in a film, book, verbal discussion, or similar) perceived as overwhelming the explicit message.Examples: "A window opened above the shop, and a frowsty-looking man, yellow-pale, was quickly and nervously hauling in the national flag. There were shouts of derision and mockery—a great overtone of acrid derision—the flag and its owner ignominiously disappeared."; "The lawyer and twice-divorced mother of three [Marine Le Pen] had presented herself as the modern face of her party, trying to strip it of unsavoury overtones after her father's [Jean-Marie Le Pen's] convictions for saying the Nazi occupation of France was not "particularly inhumane"."Antonyms: undertonefigurativelyin-pluraloften

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To give an overtone to.Examples: "The flesh tints appear to have been darkened by being overworked; the draperies are overtoned in the same way […]"; "The background is now rendered by using meadow green with a stick pastel around the lower area under the lynx in an irregular fashion, and overtoning the areas closer to the animal with an irregular application of leaf green color."; "Can you imagine, finally, the opening of Janácek's Sinfonietta, with its richly overtoned, overlapping fanfares, performed not by brass but by a consort of oboes—even very loud ones?"transitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "overtone"?

Scrabble
11 points
O1
V4
E1
R1
T1
O1
N1
E1
Words With Friends
13 points
O1
V4
E1
R1
T1
O1
N2
E1

Browse related word lists

← Unscramble different letters