468 words come out when you unscramble OVERINSISTENT, starting with OVERINSISTENT itself: 16 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 14: 4 of them, INVENTORIES, NERVOSITIES and REENVISIONS included. 13 letters: 5 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from OVERINSISTENT by length: 1 with 13 letters, 4 with 11, 20 with 10, 60 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2. None has 12 letters.
The 11-letter words in OVERINSISTENT come to 4, each scoring 14 points. INVENTORIES is the familiar one.
9 of 20 10-letter words made with OVERINSISTENT letters tie at 13 points; none scores more. INSERTIONS and INTESTINES will look familiar.
Among 60 9-letter words from OVERINSISTENT, the top score is 12, reached by 27. INTERESTS, SENSITIVE and INVESTORS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERINSISTENT, 48 score 11 points, the group's best. VISITORS, REVISION and VERSIONS are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERINSISTENT scores 10. ENVIRON, INVITES and INVERSE are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 6-letter words from OVERINSISTENT score 9 points. EVENTS, SERVES and INVITE are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words in OVERINSISTENT scores 8. VISIT, NEVER and EVENT are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with OVERINSISTENT letters, 40 score 7 points, the group's best. OVER, EVEN and EVER are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERINSISTENT, the top score is 6, reached by 13. NOT, ONE and SEE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of OVERINSISTENT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with OV · ending in NT · all 13-letter words
Short meanings for the 4 highest-scoring answers, starting with NERVOSITIES (14 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OVERINSISTENT, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVERINSISTENT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 468) | 347 | 465 | 318 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
120 of the 468 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VENTOSITIES, INTERVEINS, VERSIONIST, INTENTIVE, INTERVEIN, NOVERINTS, SOVIETISE, SOVIETIST, VISIONERS, INESSIVE, IVORISTS, NOVERINT and 108 more. 27 of the 468 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: VEINSTONES, VIREONINES, INVERTINS, VEINSTONE, VIREONINE, INVERTIN, IVORIEST, SIEVERTS, ENVIROS, SEROTINIES, SIEVERT, VERSINS and 15 more. 2 of the 468 answers are missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: REENVISIONS and REENVISION. 1 of the 468 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.