Unscramble OVERCLOSE and you have 224 words, OVERCLOSE itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 12, among them CLOVERS, CORVEES and CROOVES. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from OVERCLOSE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 9 with 7, 36 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 47 with 3 and 11 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Of the 36 6-letter words in OVERCLOSE, 10 score 11 points, the group's best. COVERS, COLORS and CLOSER are the ones most people know.
5 of 60 5-letter words from OVERCLOSE tie at 10 points; none scores more. COLOR, CLOSE and COVER will look familiar.
COVE scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERCLOSE at 9 points, ahead of EREV and EVER on 7. OVER, LOVE and COOL are the ones most people know.
Among 47 3-letter words made with OVERCLOSE letters, the top score is 6, reached by 10. SEE, SEC and EVE are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of OVERCLOSE, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with OV · ending in SE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CLOVERS, CORVEES and VELCROS (12 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
OVERCLOSE is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVERCLOSE itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 224) | 173 | 224 | 159 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
51 of the 224 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CROOVES, CLEVES, CROOVE, CLEVE, LOOVES, RECLOSE, COOSER, CROOLS, EREVS, ESCROL, LEVES, OVELS and 39 more. 14 of the 224 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: OVERCLOSE, VELCROS, VELCRO, ECLOSE, LEVS, CORS, ECOS, LOCS, SEV, ECO, LOC, SOC and 2 more.