Unscramble OVERCAUTION and you have 367 words, OVERCAUTION itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, REVOCATION and OVERACTION lead with 15 points. The 11 letters split into 6 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from OVERCAUTION split into 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 10, 9 with 9, 25 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
All 2 of the 10-letter words in OVERCAUTION score 15 points. REVOCATION is the one most people know.
11 of 25 8-letter words from OVERCAUTION tie at 13 points; none scores more. CREATION, REACTION and VERONICA will look familiar.
60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERCAUTION; 14 of them share the top score of 12. CERTAIN, AUCTION and COUNTER are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words from OVERCAUTION, the top score is 11, reached by 25. ACTION, ACTIVE and NATIVE are the familiar ones.
19 of 60 5-letter words in OVERCAUTION tie at 10 points; none scores more. COVER, VOICE and ACTOR will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words made with OVERCAUTION letters, the top score is 9, reached by 4. OVER, CARE and CART are the familiar ones.
The best of the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERCAUTION is VAC, 8 points; AVE and AVO on 6 follow. ARE, CAN and CAR are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of OVERCAUTION but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with OV · ending in ON · all 11-letter words
What OVERCAUTION means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OVERCAUTION, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVERCAUTION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 367) | 287 | 366 | 261 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
79 of the 367 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CURVATION, INVOCATOR, UNACTIVE, COUVERT, CURVATE, CAVIER, COVENT, CROOVE, CRUIVE, INCAVE, INCAVO, VAUNCE and 67 more. 26 of the 367 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: AUTOCRINE, CAUTIONER, COINTREAU, COVINE, RECAUTION, ACTIONER, CONVO, CURATION, UNRIVET, VAREC, CORTINA, ECOTOUR and 14 more. 1 of the 367 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.
This word takes every letter of OVERCAUTION plus a single extra one.