Unscramble OVERCOLOURS to get 285 words. OVERCOLOURS itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. 11 letters: 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
O1V45E1R1C34O1L12O1U12R1S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from OVERCOLOURS split into 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 10, 4 with 9, 7 with 8, 20 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 13 with 2.
All 2 of the 10-letter words in OVERCOLOURS score 15 points.
20 7-letter words from OVERCOLOURS; 5 of them share the top score of 12. COLOURS, CLOSURE and COOLERS are everyday picks.
11 of 60 6-letter words from OVERCOLOURS tie at 11 points; none scores more. SOURCE, COURSE and COVERS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words in OVERCOLOURS, 6 score 10 points, the group's best. COLOR, CLOSE and COVER are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words made with OVERCOLOURS letters is COVE, 9 points; ERUV and EVOS on 7 follow. OVER, LOVE and COOL are everyday picks.
Among 58 3-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERCOLOURS, the top score is 6, reached by 9. USE, SEC and REV are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of OVERCOLOURS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with OV · ending in RS · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by OVERCOLORS (15 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
OVERCOLOURS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVERCOLOURS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 285) | 219 | 285 | 199 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 66 of them: OVERCOLOURS, OVERCOLOUR, CROOVES, VOCULES, CORVUS, CROOVE, CRUVES, VOCULE, CRUVE, CRUORES, LOOVES, LURVES and 54 more. Words With Friends* skips 20 of them: OVERCOLORS, OVERCOLOR, VELCROS, RECOLOURS, VELCRO, RECOLOUR, SLURVE, ERUVS, ERUV, LEVS, CORS, ECOS and 8 more.