144 words come out when you unscramble OVERSCORE, starting with OVERSCORE itself: 14 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. RECOVERS and COVERERS are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from OVERSCORE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 6 with 7, 18 with 6, 32 with 5, 42 with 4, 34 with 3 and 9 with 2.
COVER, COVES and VOCES are the top 5-letter words from OVERSCORE, 10 points each. SCORE, SERVE and ROVER will look familiar.
The best of the 4-letter words made with OVERSCORE letters is COVE, 9 points; EREV and EVER on 7 follow. OVER, CORE and ROSE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of OVERSCORE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with OV · ending in RE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; COVERERS and RECOVERS (13 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OVERSCORE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVERSCORE itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 144) | 114 | 144 | 106 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
30 of the 144 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CROOVES, CROOVE, COOSER, EREVS, CORSO, CREES, EREV, EVOE, EVOS, VERS, VORS, COSE and 18 more. 8 of the 144 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: OVERSCORE, CORS, ECOS, SEV, ECO, SOC, ROOS and ROO.
These 5 words take every letter of OVERSCORE plus a single extra one.