157 words come out when you unscramble OVERHARD, starting with OVERHARD itself: 15 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
O1V45E1R1H43A1R1D2
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from OVERHARD split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 6 with 6, 28 with 5, 57 with 4, 45 with 3 and 19 with 2.
HOARDER is the only one of the 7-letter words made with OVERHARD letters; it scores 11 points.
HOVED scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERHARD at 12 points, ahead of HAVER and HOVEA on 11. ORDER, HEARD and ROVER are the ones most people know.
HAVE and HOVE are the top 4-letter words from OVERHARD, 10 points each. OVER, READ and ROAD will look familiar.
Keep every letter of OVERHARD but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with OV · ending in RD · all 8-letter words
OVERHARD first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OVERHARD, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVERHARD itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 157) | 121 | 157 | 115 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HOVED, HOVEA, HOARED, VORRED, DOVER, HOAED, RAHED, DERV, DEVO, VADE, VERD, VERRA and 24 more, 36 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: AHED, ODAH, DOH, ODA, ARO and DA, 6 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of OVERHARD plus a single extra one.