Unscramble OVERBUSYING to get 354 words. OVERBUSYING itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 24 in Words With Friends. OVERBUYING is the best of the shorter words, at 19 points. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from OVERBUSYING split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 4 with 9, 13 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 35 with 2.
OVERBUYING is the only one of the 10-letter words in OVERBUSYING; it scores 19 points.
OVERBUY scores highest among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERBUSYING at 15 points, ahead of REVYING and UNGYVES on 14. SERVING, YOUNGER and NERVOUS are the ones most people know.
Among the 6-letter words in OVERBUSYING, OVERBY leads with 14 points, then UNGYVE and VOGUEY on 13. SURVEY, BUYING and VOYEUR are the familiar ones.
The best of the 5-letter words made with OVERBUSYING letters is VIBEY, 13 points; GROVY and GYVES on 12 follow. GIVEN, GIVES and BUYER are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERBUSYING, BEVY leads with 12 points, then GYVE on 11 and BOGY on 10. VERY, GIVE and BOYS are the familiar ones.
IVY tops the 3-letter words from OVERBUSYING at 9 points; next come BEY and BOY on 8. BUY, BIG and YES will look familiar.
Keep every letter of OVERBUSYING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with OV · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with OVERBUYING (19 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts OVERBUSYING, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVERBUSYING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 354) | 263 | 351 | 239 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OVERBUSYING, OVERBY, REVYING, UNGYVES, VERBINGS, BREYING, BUNGEYS, BUYINGS, RENVOYS, UNGYVE, VIBEY, VOGUEY and 78 more, 90 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: VERBING, GROVY, BOURGIES, BINGOES, BOUGIER, BOURGIE, BROEY, ENVIROS, GYNIES, BOINGS, GYNIE, GYNOS and 12 more, 24 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: GOYS and GOY, 2 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.