Unscramble OVERGIVES and you have 216 words, OVERGIVES itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. OVERGIVE is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from OVERGIVES split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 27 with 6, 58 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 14 with 2.
OVERGIVE is the only one of the 8-letter words in OVERGIVES; it scores 15 points.
Of the 27 6-letter words from OVERGIVES, 4 score 12 points, the group's best. REVISE, GROVES and REVIVE are the ones most people know.
VERVE, VIVER and VIVES are the top 5-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERGIVES, 11 points each. GIVES, SERVE and GROVE will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words made with OVERGIVES letters, VIVE and VIVO tie for first at 10 points. OVER, GIVE and EVER are everyday picks.
Among 51 3-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERGIVES, the top score is 7, reached by 4. SEE, SIR and EVE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of OVERGIVES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with OV · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with REVIVES (13 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: OVERGIVES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVERGIVES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 216) | 153 | 216 | 140 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
63 of the 216 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OVERGIVES, OVERGIVE, VIVRES, VIVER, VIVES, GREVES, VEGIER, VIRGES, VIVO, VOGIER, GREVE, REVIES and 51 more. 13 of the 216 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: VEGES, VOGS, REGIES, VOG, REGIE, SEV, ORGS, GIS, GOS, ORG, SIG, GI and 1 more.