mistighten

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Definition of mistighten

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verb

To tighten improperly.

“to detect when a bolt has been mistightened”
“Mistightening can be checked visually .”
“If you change cooler and PC won't boot or has ram problems, it is usually the mount, but I don't know how easy it is (or if it possible) to mistighten/overtighten this cooler.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

From mis- + tighten.

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