415 words come out when you unscramble OVERLAYINGS, starting with OVERLAYINGS itself: 18 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, OVERLAYING leads with 17 points. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from OVERLAYINGS split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 16 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 37 with 2.
There is a single one of the 10-letter words made with OVERLAYINGS letters: OVERLAYING, 17 points.
Among the 9-letter words in OVERLAYINGS, OVERLYING and VAINGLORY tie for first at 16 points. RESOLVING is an everyday pick.
7 of 60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERLAYINGS tie at 15 points; none scores more. REGIONAL, GASOLINE and ORGANISE will look familiar.
60 7-letter words from OVERLAYINGS; 7 of them share the top score of 14. LEAVING, RELYING and VARYING are everyday picks.
Of the 60 6-letter words in OVERLAYINGS, 4 score 13 points, the group's best. GLOVES, VOYAGE and GRAVES are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words made with OVERLAYINGS letters; 4 of them share the top score of 12. GIVEN, GIVES and VINYL are everyday picks.
GYVE tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERLAYINGS at 11 points; next come ENVY and LEVY on 10. VERY, GIVE and EASY will look familiar.
IVY and VLY share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words from OVERLAYINGS. ANY, GAY and SAY are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of OVERLAYINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with OV · ending in GS · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with OVERLAYING (17 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: OVERLAYINGS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVERLAYINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 415) | 310 | 412 | 285 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 104 of them: OVERLAYINGS, SAVEYING, VARYINGS, REVYING, SLOVENRY, SYLVANER, AVOYERS, LENVOYS, RENVOYS, SNIVELY, VYINGS, YEVING and 92 more. Words With Friends* skips 25 of them: SOARINGLY, SYRINGEAL, YEARSLONG, GROVY, LOVEYS, LOVEY, LOVINGS, RAVEY, VERONALS, GYNIE, GYNOS, LASERING and 13 more. Scrabble UK skips 2 of them: GOYS and GOY. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: VON.