229 words come out when you unscramble OVERFLOWS, starting with OVERFLOWS itself: 18 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. OVERFLOW is the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from OVERFLOWS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 10 with 7, 25 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 17 with 2.
9 of 25 6-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERFLOWS tie at 12 points; none scores more. FLOWER, LOVERS and FLOORS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from OVERFLOWS, 11 score 11 points, the group's best. LOWER, FLOOR and WORSE are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words in OVERFLOWS; 12 of them share the top score of 10. OVER, LOVE and SELF are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words made with OVERFLOWS letters are led by FEW, VOW and WOF, 9 points each. LOW, ROW and REV are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of OVERFLOWS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with OV · ending in WS · all 9-letter words
OVERFLOWS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
OVERFLOWS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVERFLOWS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 229) | 170 | 229 | 158 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FORESLOW, FORSLOW, OVERSOW, SWERF, WOLVE, FEWS, FORSLOE, SOWF, WOFS, FORELS, LOOVES, LOWSER and 47 more, 59 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SWOLER, SWOLE, FOOS, LEVS, FES, FOO, OOF, SEV, EW, FE, LOR and ROO, 12 in all.