Unscramble OVERBUSY and you have 182 words, OVERBUSY itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of OVERBUSY is on the page: OVERBUYS, each 16 points. The strongest shorter word is OVERBUY, 15 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from OVERBUSY split into 2 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 7 with 6, 36 with 5, 60 with 4, 57 with 3 and 18 with 2.
SYVER tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERBUSY at 11 points; next come BEVOR and BOUSY on 10. BUYER, EUROS and VERBS will look familiar.
BEVY scores highest among the 4-letter words in OVERBUSY at 12 points, ahead of VERY on 10 and BEYS on 9. OVER, BOYS and ROSE are the ones most people know.
57 3-letter words made with OVERBUSY letters; 6 of them share the top score of 8. USE, BUY and YES are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of OVERBUSY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with OV · ending in SY · all 8-letter words
The meaning of OVERBUSY, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OVERBUSY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVERBUSY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 182) | 145 | 182 | 136 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 37 of them: OVERBY, SYVER, BREYS, SYBOE, YBORE, BREY, OBVS, YEBO, VROUS, EVOS, UEYS, VERS and 25 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: BROEY, ERUVS, ERUV, RYUS, YOUS, RYU, SEV, YER and BES.