Unscramble OVERLOCKS to get 223 words. OVERLOCKS itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
O1V45E1R1L12O1C34K5S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from OVERLOCKS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 11 with 7, 32 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 46 with 3 and 12 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with OVERLOCKS letters: OVERLOCK, 17 points.
Among 32 6-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERLOCKS, the top score is 12, reached by 8. COVERS, COLORS and CLOSER are the familiar ones.
VOLKS tops the 5-letter words from OVERLOCKS at 12 points; next come CLERK and CLOKE on 11. COLOR, CLOSE and COVER will look familiar.
VOLK scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERLOCKS at 11 points, ahead of COKE and COOK on 10. OVER, LOVE and LOOK are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of OVERLOCKS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with OV · ending in KS · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by COOKERS, LOCKERS, RECOOKS and RELOCKS (13 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: OVERLOCKS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVERLOCKS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 223) | 171 | 223 | 155 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OVERLOCKS, OVERLOCK, CLOKES, CROOVES, CLOKE, CROOVE, KEROS, KORES, KOROS, LOKES, LOOVES, ROKES and 40 more, 52 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: VELCROS, VOLKS, VELCRO, VOLK, SKOL, LEVS, CORS, ECOS, LOCS, OK, SEV, ECO and 4 more, 16 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of OVERLOCKS and one more.