Unscramble OVERSOWS and you have 108 words, OVERSOWS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from OVERSOWS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 11 with 6, 20 with 5, 34 with 4, 29 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in OVERSOWS: OVERSOW, for 13 points.
Among the 4-letter words from OVERSOWS, VOWS, VROW and WOVE tie for first at 10 points. OVER, ROSE and ROWS are everyday picks.
These 6 words have the length of OVERSOWS, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with OV · ending in WS · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by VOWERS (12 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts OVERSOWS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVERSOWS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 108) | 81 | 108 | 76 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 27 of them: OVERSOWS, OVERSOW, VOWESS, WOOSES, OWRES, SOWSE, WEROS, WOOSE, EVOS, OWER, OWRE, REWS and 15 more. Words With Friends* skips 5 of them: SEVS, SEV, EW, ROOS and ROO.