Unscramble OVERSOW and you have 86 words, OVERSOW itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, VOWERS leads with 12 points. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of OVERSOW at once for 63 in Scrabble (13 + 50) or 49 in Words With Friends (14 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from OVERSOW by length: 1 with 7 letters, 2 with 6, 16 with 5, 28 with 4, 27 with 3 and 12 with 2.
VOWS, VROW and WOVE share the top score of 10 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERSOW. OVER, ROSE and ROWS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of OVERSOW but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with OV · ending in OW · all 7-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; VOWERS (12 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: OVERSOW is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVERSOW itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 86) | 65 | 86 | 61 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
21 of the 86 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OVERSOW, OWRES, WEROS, WOOSE, EVOS, OWER, OWRE, REWS, VERS, VORS, WERO, EVO and 9 more. 4 of the 86 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SEV, EW, ROOS and ROO.
These 4 words take every letter of OVERSOW plus a single extra one.