Unscramble OVERAWES and you have 211 words, OVERAWES itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
O1V45E1R1A1W4E1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from OVERAWES split into 1 with 8 letters, 7 with 7, 13 with 6, 55 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 17 with 2.
6 of 55 5-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERAWES tie at 11 points; none scores more. SERVE, WORSE and WAVES will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from OVERAWES, 6 score 10 points, the group's best. WERE, OVER and SAVE are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words in OVERAWES, VAW and VOW tie for first at 9 points. ARE, WAS and SEE are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of OVERAWES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with OV · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
OVERAWES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OVERAWES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVERAWES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 211) | 170 | 211 | 165 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SWARVE, ARVEES, ARVEE, EREVS, OWRES, VARES, VOARS, WEROS, AREW, AROW, EREV, EVOE and 29 more, 41 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: EEW, SEV, EASER, EW and ARO, 5 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of OVERAWES and one more.