12 letters · 21 points in Scrabble
verb fail by aiming too high or trying too hard
verb beat through cleverness and wit
adjective revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights
originEtymology tree English overreach Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English overreaching From overreach + -ing.
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