inundate

Verb

Verb Forms: inundated, inundating, inundates

To overwhelm with water; to flood.
fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
- "the basement was inundated after the storm"
fill or cover completely, usually with water
To cover with large amounts of water; to flood.
To overwhelm.

Examples

His opponent’s string of bingos threatened to INUNDATE his score.
The agency was inundated with phone calls.
The Dutch would sometimes inundate the land to hinder the Spanish army.

Origin / Etymology

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin inundātus, the perfect passive participle of inundō (“to flood, overflow”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- + undō (“to overflow, wave”), from unda (“wave”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

Synonyms

deluge, flood, submerge, swamp, beflood

Scrabble Score: 9

inundate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
inundate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
inundate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

inundate: valid Words With Friends Word