Unscramble OVERKILLING and you have 307 words, OVERKILLING itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are REVOKING, KVELLING and OVERKING, 16 points each. It has 11 letters, 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from OVERKILLING split into 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 9, 20 with 8, 25 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 10 letters.
KVELLING, OVERKING and REVOKING share the top score of 16 among the 8-letter words made with OVERKILLING letters. RELIGION and OVERKILL are the ones most people know.
EVOKING and KERVING are the top 7-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERKILLING, 15 points each. ROLLING and KILLING will look familiar.
VIKING scores highest among the 6-letter words from OVERKILLING at 14 points, ahead of INVOKE and KELVIN on 13. LIVING, VIRGIN and IGNORE are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERKILLING, KEVIL, KNIVE and KVELL tie for first at 12 points. GIVEN, NOVEL and GROVE are everyday picks.
KIEV and VOLK are the top 4-letter words from OVERKILLING, 11 points each. LIKE, OVER and LINK will look familiar.
KEG scores highest among the 3-letter words in OVERKILLING at 8 points, ahead of EIK and ELK on 7. LOG, INK and LEG are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of OVERKILLING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with OV · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
What OVERKILLING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. OVERKILLING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVERKILLING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 307) | 220 | 306 | 197 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
86 of the 307 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OVERKING, KERVING, KILLOGIE, RIVELLING, KNIVE, KNOLLIER, LIRKING, EIKING, GIRKIN, KIEV, KILERG, KINGLE and 74 more. 23 of the 307 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: KVELLING, KVELL, LIVERING, VOLK, KLIEG, ENVIRO, GROK, LOVIER, OLLIEING, REIKI, GIROLLE, KORI and 11 more. 1 of the 307 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.