Dictionary Entry
overboard
overboard is a 9-letter English word with 3 senses as adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Over the side of a ship; hence, from on board of a ship, into the water; as, to fall overboard. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 17 · 3 senses
Definitions
- 1adverb
Over the side of a ship; hence, from on board of a ship, into the water; as, to fall overboard.
- 2adverb
from on board a vessel into the water
"they dropped their garbage overboard"
- 3adverb
to extremes
"he went overboard to please his in-laws"
Words from these letters
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