Unscramble OVERSKIP and you have 210 words, OVERSKIP itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from OVERSKIP split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 16 with 6, 57 with 5, 60 with 4, 57 with 3 and 18 with 2.
PORKIES is the only one of the 7-letter words in OVERSKIP; it scores 13 points.
Among the 5-letter words from OVERSKIP, KIEVS and SKIVE tie for first at 12 points. POKER, PROVE and SPOKE are everyday picks.
KIEV tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERSKIP at 11 points; next come KEPI and KEPS on 10. OVER, RISK and SKIP will look familiar.
KEP, KIP and KOP share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words from OVERSKIP. PRO, SKI and SIR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of OVERSKIP but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with OV · ending in IP · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PORKIES and SKIVER (13 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts OVERSKIP, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVERSKIP itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 210) | 159 | 209 | 141 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 50 of them: OVERSKIP, KIEVS, PROKES, KIEV, KIPES, POKIE, PROKE, KIORES, KIPE, SPEK, VOIPS, KEROS and 38 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: PERVOS, SPORK, PERVO, PERVS, KORIS, PERV, ESPOIR, KOIS, KORI, OIKS, POSIER, KIS and 7 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 1 of them: SPIK.
These 2 words take every letter of OVERSKIP plus a single extra one.