01 Word definition

overtone

8 letters · 4 vowels · 4 consonants

Is OVERTONE a word?

Yes. OVERTONE is a 8-letter noun. (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality Check the official dictionary for your particular word game before playing it.

Correct spelling

How do you spell OVERTONE?

O-V-E-R-T-O-N-E

OVERTONE contains 8 letters, begins with O, and ends with E.

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Meaning and definition

1noun

  1. (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality

    “overtones of despair”

2noun

  1. a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency

Synonyms
partialpartial tone
Source: Open English WordNet 2025 (CC BY 4.0) ↗
Scrabble score11points
Words With Friends13points
Word length8letters

02 Letter breakdown

How is OVERTONE spelled?

O1V2E3R4T5O6N7E8
Starts withOVEFirst 3 letters
Ends withONELast 3 letters
Unique letters6Repeats E, O
Vowel balance4 / 4Vowels / consonants

03 Word-game status

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About OVERTONE.

How do you spell OVERTONE?

OVERTONE is spelled O-V-E-R-T-O-N-E. It contains 8 letters.