317 words come out when you unscramble OVERLOCKING, starting with OVERLOCKING itself: 21 in Scrabble, 26 in Words With Friends. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from OVERLOCKING split into 1 with 11 letters, 4 with 9, 17 with 8, 35 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 10 letters.
CONVOKER and OVERLOCK share the top score of 17 among the 8-letter words made with OVERLOCKING letters. COVERING and COLORING are the ones most people know.
The best of the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERLOCKING is CONVOKE, 16 points; EVOKING and KERVING on 15 follow. LOOKING, COOKING and COOLING are everyday picks.
COKING, INVOKE and KELVIN are the top 6-letter words from OVERLOCKING, 13 points each. COOKIE, LOVING and NICKEL will look familiar.
The 5-letter words made with OVERLOCKING letters are led by GECKO, KEVIL and KNIVE, 12 points each. GIVEN, COVER and VOICE are the familiar ones.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERLOCKING, GECK, KIEV and VOLK tie for first at 11 points. LIKE, LINK and LOOK are everyday picks.
ICK tops the 3-letter words from OVERLOCKING at 9 points; next come KEG on 8 and EIK on 7. ICE, CON and INK will look familiar.
Keep every letter of OVERLOCKING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with OV · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CONVOKER (17 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts OVERLOCKING, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVERLOCKING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 317) | 241 | 316 | 213 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
75 of the 317 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OVERLOCKING, OVERLOCK, OVERKING, KERVING, RECKLING, CLOKING, GROCKLE, CONKIER, COKIER, ENLOCK, GOOKIER, ICKLER and 63 more. 28 of the 317 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CROKINOLE, CLONKIER, GENLOCK, COVINE, VELCRO, VOLK, CONVO, KLIEG, LOOKIE, NOOKIE, ENVIRO, GROK and 16 more. 1 of the 317 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.
These 2 words take every letter of OVERLOCKING plus a single extra one.