11 letters · 18 points in Scrabble
verb care for like a mother
verb protect excessively
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English protect English overprotect From over- + protect.
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