Unscramble OVERLAYS and you have 237 words, OVERLAYS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of OVERLAYS is on the page: LAYOVERS, each 14 points. The best shorter words score 13: 5 of them, SLAVERY, OVERLAY and LAYOVER included. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from OVERLAYS split into 2 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 30 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
8 of 30 6-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERLAYS tie at 12 points; none scores more. LOVERS, LAYERS and SLAYER will look familiar.
60 5-letter words from OVERLAYS; 9 of them share the top score of 11. EARLY, ROYAL and LAYER are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words from OVERLAYS are led by LEVY, VARY and VERY, 10 points each. OVER, LOVE and SAVE are the familiar ones.
VLY tops the 3-letter words in OVERLAYS at 9 points; next come ARY and AVE on 6. ARE, YES and SAY will look familiar.
Keep every letter of OVERLAYS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with OV · ending in YS · all 8-letter words
The meaning of OVERLAYS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OVERLAYS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVERLAYS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 237) | 185 | 237 | 174 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
52 of the 237 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AVOYERS, AVOYER, VOLARY, SAVEY, SYVER, ORVALS, RAYLES, VLY, ARSEY, AVELS, AYRES, LOAVE and 40 more. 11 of the 237 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LOVEYS, LOVEY, RAVEY, LEVAS, LEVS, SEV, SOLERA, YAS, YER, ARO and LOR.
With one more tile, the letters of OVERLAYS spell the words below.