Unscramble OVEREMPHASIS and you have 421 words, OVEREMPHASIS itself among them: it scores 22 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. EMPOVERISH is the best of the shorter words, at 20 points. The 12 letters split into 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
O1V45E1R1E1M34P34H43A1S1I1S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from OVEREMPHASIS split into 1 with 12 letters, 3 with 10, 19 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 38 with 2. None has 11 letters.
EMPOVERISH tops the 10-letter words in OVEREMPHASIS at 20 points; next come REEMPHASIS and SEMAPHORES on 17.
OVERHEAPS scores highest among the 9-letter words made with OVEREMPHASIS letters at 17 points, ahead of APHORISMS and EMPHASISE on 16. SEMAPHORE is the one most people know.
The 8-letter words from OVEREMPHASIS are led by OVERHEAP and VAPORISH, 16 points each. EMPHASIS, IMPROVES and VAMPIRES are the familiar ones.
VAMPISH tops the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble OVEREMPHASIS at 17 points; next come PEEVISH on 15 and HAMPERS on 14. IMPROVE, MASSIVE and PASSIVE will look familiar.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble OVEREMPHASIS, MOSHAV leads with 14 points, then HAMPER and HEMPIE on 13. SHRIMP, HERPES and SHAVER are the familiar ones.
VEHME tops the 5-letter words from OVEREMPHASIS at 13 points; next come HEMPS and MORPH on 12. HOMES, HOPES and MARSH will look familiar.
VEHM scores highest among the 4-letter words in OVEREMPHASIS at 12 points, ahead of HEMP and VAMP on 11. HAVE, HOME and SHOP are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words made with OVEREMPHASIS letters, the top score is 8, reached by 19. HAS, MAP and HIP are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of OVEREMPHASIS for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 12-letter words: starting with OV · ending in IS · all 12-letter words
The meaning of OVEREMPHASIS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
OVEREMPHASIS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVEREMPHASIS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 421) | 335 | 420 | 296 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
85 of the 421 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EMPOVERISH, EMPERISH, PHAEISMS, PREMOVES, SOPHERIM, HEMPIES, IMPAVES, PASHIMS, PHAEISM, PREMOVE, SPHAIREES, ASHIVER and 73 more. 39 of the 421 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MISPHRASE, MISSHAPER, ORPHISMS, ASPERSIVE, ORPHISM, PHORESIES, VAMPIER, PASHMS, PHERESIS, ROSEHIPS, HEAPERS, HEVEAS and 27 more. 1 of the 421 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: HEMI.
With one more tile, the letters of OVEREMPHASIS spell the words below.