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Yes, overwhelm is playable

...and is worth 22 points.

Found in the following dictionaries

Enable (Words with friends)
SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)

"Overwhelm" Definition

verb-transitive

To affect deeply in mind or emotion: Despair overwhelmed me.
To defeat completely and decisively: Our team overwhelmed the visitors by 40 points.
To present with an excessive amount: They overwhelmed us with expensive gifts.
To surge over and submerge; engulf: waves overwhelming the rocky shoreline.
To turn over; upset: The small craft was overwhelmed by the enormous waves.

verb

To cover over completely .
To by superior force or numbers.
To in thought or feeling.

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