Scrabble Dictionary

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Yes, overwrite is playable

...and is worth 16 points.

Found in the following dictionaries

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

"Overwrite" Definition

verb-transitive

Computer Science To destroy or lose (old data) by recording new data over it: accidentally overwrote an important document.
Computer Science To record (new data) on top of already stored data, thus destroying the old data: overwrote an updated document on top of an earlier draft.
To cover (something) with writing.
To write about in an artificial or an excessively elaborate, wordy style.

verb-intransitive

To write artificial, excessively elaborate, or wordy prose.

verb

To write in inflated or elaborate style.
To write too much or in an overly elaborate style.
To write over the surface of.

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