Unscramble OVERKINGS and you have 280 words, OVERKINGS itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. REVOKING and OVERKING are the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from OVERKINGS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 16 with 7, 59 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
INVOKE, KNIVES and SKIVER share the top score of 13 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERKINGS. REGION, SENIOR and IGNORE are the ones most people know.
KIEVS, KNIVE and SKIVE are the top 5-letter words from OVERKINGS, 12 points each. GIVEN, GIVES and GROVE will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words made with OVERKINGS letters, KIEV leads with 11 points, then GINK and GONK on 9. GIVE, RISK and KING are the familiar ones.
KEG tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERKINGS at 8 points; next come EIK and ERK on 7. SKI, INK and REV will look familiar.
Keep every letter of OVERKINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with OV · ending in GS · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by REVOKING (16 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: OVERKINGS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVERKINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 280) | 202 | 279 | 177 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
77 of the 280 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OVERKINGS, OVERKING, KERVING, KIEVS, KNIVE, GRIKES, KIEV, KRENGS, REKING, ROKING, GONKS, GRIKE and 65 more. 25 of the 280 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ENVIROS, GROKS, RESKIN, ENVIRO, GROK, KORIS, VERSIN, KOIS, KORI, OIKS, VOGS, KIS and 13 more. 1 of the 280 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.