Unscramble OVERCOLOUR and you have 131 words, OVERCOLOUR itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, OVERCOLOR leads with 14 points. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from OVERCOLOUR by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 3 with 8, 3 with 7, 12 with 6, 28 with 5, 37 with 4, 37 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words in OVERCOLOUR: OVERCOLOR, for 14 points.
Among 28 5-letter words from OVERCOLOUR, the top score is 10, reached by 4. COLOR, COVER and CURVE are the familiar ones.
COVE tops the 4-letter words in OVERCOLOUR at 9 points; next come ERUV and LEVO on 7. OVER, LOVE and ROLE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of OVERCOLOUR but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with OV · ending in UR · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; OVERCOLOR (14 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts OVERCOLOUR, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVERCOLOUR itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 131) | 99 | 131 | 90 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 32 of them: OVERCOLOUR, CROOVE, VOCULE, CRUVE, LURVE, COURE, CROOL, LEUCO, OVEL, VROU, CLOU, COUR and 20 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: OVERCOLOR, VELCRO, RECOLOUR, ERUV, CRU, ECO, LOC, LOR and ROO.
This word takes every letter of OVERCOLOUR plus a single extra one.