Unscramble OVEROPTIMIST and you have 377 words, OVEROPTIMIST itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, IMPROVISE and PROMOTIVE lead with 16 points. It has 12 letters, 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from OVEROPTIMIST split into 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 10, 6 with 9, 42 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2. None has 11 letters.
There is a single one of the 10-letter words in OVEROPTIMIST: VOMITORIES, 15 points.
IMPROVES tops the 8-letter words from OVEROPTIMIST at 15 points; next come OVERPOST and OVERTIPS on 13. POSITIVE, PROMOTES and TORTOISE will look familiar.
IMPROVE and IMPROVS share the top score of 14 among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble OVEROPTIMIST. PROMOTE, VISITOR and PROMISE are the ones most people know.
Among the 6-letter words in OVEROPTIMIST, IMPROV leads with 13 points, then MOOVES and MOTIVE on 11. MOVIES, IMPORT and PERMIT are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words made with OVEROPTIMIST letters; 16 of them share the top score of 10. MOVIE, PRIME and PROVE are everyday picks.
8 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OVEROPTIMIST tie at 9 points; none scores more. OVER, ITEM and MOVE will look familiar.
VIM and VOM share the top score of 8 among the 3-letter words from OVEROPTIMIST. PRO, PET and MET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of OVEROPTIMIST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with OV · ending in ST · all 12-letter words
The meaning of OVEROPTIMIST, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. OVEROPTIMIST is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVEROPTIMIST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 377) | 296 | 375 | 267 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 79 of them: EPITOMIST, OPTIMISER, OVERPOST, PIVOTERS, PIVOTER, MOOVES, STOMPIE, VIRETOTS, IMPIES, IMPOTS, IVORIST, MIRVS and 67 more. Words With Friends* skips 31 of them: VOMITIEST, PREVISIT, STOVETOP, VOMITIER, STOMPIER, TRIMPOTS, IVORIEST, PERVOS, TRIMPOT, IMPROS, PERVO, PERVS and 19 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 2 of them: POOVES and POOVE.
This word takes every letter of OVEROPTIMIST plus a single extra one.