172 words come out when you unscramble OVERSLOW, starting with OVERSLOW itself: 14 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, OVERSOW and WOLVERS lead with 13 points. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from OVERSLOW by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 18 with 6, 42 with 5, 55 with 4, 39 with 3 and 14 with 2.
4 of 42 5-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERSLOW tie at 11 points; none scores more. LOWER, WORSE and SOLVE will look familiar.
VOWS, VROW and WOVE share the top score of 10 among the 4-letter words from OVERSLOW. OVER, LOVE and ROLE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of OVERSLOW but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with OV · ending in OW · all 8-letter words
OVERSLOW 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 OVERSLOW, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVERSLOW itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 172) | 128 | 172 | 120 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OVERSOW, WOLVE, LOOVES, LOWSER, OWLERS, WOOSEL, OVELS, OWLER, OWRES, SLOVE, SOWLE, WEROS and 32 more, 44 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SWOLER, SWOLE, LEVS, SEV, EW, ROOS, LOR and ROO, 8 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of OVERSLOW plus a single extra one.