Unscramble OVERSERVES and you have 127 words, OVERSERVES itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. OVERSERVE is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from OVERSERVES split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 5 with 8, 8 with 7, 20 with 6, 26 with 5, 34 with 4, 23 with 3 and 8 with 2.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERSERVES, VERVES leads with 12 points, then REEVES and REVERE on 9. SERVER, SEVERE and SERVES are the familiar ones.
VERVE scores highest among the 5-letter words in OVERSERVES at 11 points, ahead of EREVS and OVERS on 8. SERVE, ROSES and ROVER are the ones most people know.
15 of 34 4-letter words made with OVERSERVES letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. OVER, EVER and ROSE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of OVERSERVES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with OV · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
What OVERSERVES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: OVERSERVES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVERSERVES itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 127) | 103 | 127 | 97 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EREVS, EREV, EVOE, EVOS, SOVS, VERS, VORS, EVO, ROSSER, SERRES, SOREES, SOV and 12 more, 24 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: OVERSERVES, OVERSERVE, SEVS, SEV, RESES and ESSE, 6 in all.