Unscramble OVEROPERATE and you have 266 words, OVEROPERATE itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. PORTREEVE is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. It has 11 letters, 6 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from OVEROPERATE by length: 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 9, 10 with 8, 17 with 7, 37 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 10 letters.
Among 17 7-letter words you get when you unscramble OVEROPERATE, the top score is 12, reached by 6. OPERATE, TROOPER and PERVERT are the familiar ones.
5 of 37 6-letter words from OVEROPERATE tie at 11 points; none scores more. REPORT, REPEAT and PORTER will look familiar.
60 5-letter words from OVEROPERATE; 12 of them share the top score of 10. PETER, OPERA and PROVE are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words in OVEROPERATE, 4 score 9 points, the group's best. OVER, PART and EVER are the ones most people know.
PAV tops the 3-letter words made with OVEROPERATE letters at 8 points; next come AVE and AVO on 6. ARE, TOP and ART will look familiar.
OVEROPERATE 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 OVEROPERATE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVEROPERATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 266) | 211 | 265 | 197 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
54 of the 266 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PORTREEVE, OVERPART, OVERPEER, PEEVER, PREEVE, PAREV, PATERERO, PERVE, PREVE, OVATOR, PROTORE, ARVEE and 42 more. 15 of the 266 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: AVERTER, PERVO, VAPER, PERV, VAPE, EPATER, PARTER, PERE, TOPO, APO, OPA, POO and 3 more. 1 of the 266 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: POOVE.
These 3 words take every letter of OVEROPERATE plus a single extra one.