Unscramble OVERBUSIES to get 296 words. OVERBUSIES itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
O1V45E1R1B34U12S1I1E1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from OVERBUSIES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 10 with 8, 25 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words in OVERBUSIES: OVERISSUE, for 12 points.
Of the 25 7-letter words from OVERBUSIES, 4 score 12 points, the group's best. SERIOUS, VIRUSES and OBSERVE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERBUSIES, the top score is 11, reached by 6. SERIES, SERVES and REVISE are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERBUSIES tie at 10 points; none scores more. SERVE, VIRUS and VERSE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from OVERBUSIES, 4 score 9 points, the group's best. OVER, EVER and BOSS are the ones most people know.
10 of 60 3-letter words in OVERBUSIES tie at 6 points; none scores more. SEE, SUB and BUS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of OVERBUSIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with OV · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BOUVIERS, OBSERVES, OBVERSES and SUBSERVE (13 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts OVERBUSIES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVERBUSIES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 296) | 231 | 296 | 219 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OVERBUSIES, BREVISES, SUBVERSE, BEVERS, BEVUES, BREVIS, BEVER, BEVUE, IVRESSE, SOBERISE, BOUSIER, EBRIOSE and 53 more, 65 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BOSSER, BRISES, ERUVS, BESES, BIROS, BRISS, ERUV, SEVS, BIRO, SEV, BES and OI, 12 in all.