Unscramble OVERLAYING and you have 331 words, OVERLAYING itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
O1V45E1R1L12A1Y43I1N12G23
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from OVERLAYING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 11 with 8, 45 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2.
5 of 45 7-letter words from OVERLAYING tie at 14 points; none scores more. LEAVING, RELYING and VARYING will look familiar.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERLAYING are led by GARVEY, VOYAGE and YEVING, 13 points each. NEARLY, LOVING and LAYING are the familiar ones.
GRAVY, GROVY and VYING are the top 5-letter words from OVERLAYING, 12 points each. GIVEN, EARLY and VINYL will look familiar.
GYVE scores highest among the 4-letter words in OVERLAYING at 11 points, ahead of ENVY and LEVY on 10. VERY, LOVE and LIVE are the ones most people know.
The 3-letter words made with OVERLAYING letters are led by IVY and VLY, 9 points each. ANY, GAY and AGE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of OVERLAYING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with OV · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
OVERLAYING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OVERLAYING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVERLAYING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 331) | 260 | 329 | 241 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 70 of them: REVYING, YEVING, AVOYER, LENVOY, RENVOY, VOLARY, ALEYING, LOAVING, NARGILY, RANGILY, RAYLING, VAIRY and 58 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: GROVY, LOVEY, RAVEY, VERONAL, VIRGAE, ENVIRO, GYNIE, LOVIER, GYNO, VEGA, VLOG, YAGE and 7 more. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: GOY. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: VON.
Each word below uses all the letters of OVERLAYING and one more.