Unscramble OVERSTAINING and you have 480 words, OVERSTAINING itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. GAINSTRIVEN, INVIGORANTS and INVIGORATES are the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. 12 letters: 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from OVERSTAINING split into 1 with 12 letters, 4 with 11, 21 with 10, 60 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 34 with 2.
GAINSTRIVEN, INVIGORANTS and INVIGORATES share the top score of 15 among the 11-letter words made with OVERSTAINING letters. RESIGNATION is the one most people know.
Among 21 10-letter words in OVERSTAINING, the top score is 14, reached by 9. ORIGINATES and RENOVATING are the familiar ones.
18 of 60 9-letter words from OVERSTAINING tie at 13 points; none scores more. INVESTING, REASONING and RETAINING will look familiar.
60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERSTAINING; 32 of them share the top score of 12. REVISION, INVESTOR and INVASION are everyday picks.
Of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERSTAINING, 42 score 11 points, the group's best. VINTAGE, SERVING and ENVIRON are the ones most people know.
Among 60 6-letter words from OVERSTAINING, the top score is 10, reached by 33. NATIVE, VIRGIN and SAVING are the familiar ones.
19 of 60 5-letter words in OVERSTAINING tie at 9 points; none scores more. GIVEN, GIVES and GROVE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with OVERSTAINING letters, 12 score 8 points, the group's best. OVER, SAVE and GIVE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERSTAINING, the top score is 7, reached by 5. GET, GOT and AGE are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of OVERSTAINING, with one letter different:
More 12-letter words: starting with OV · ending in NG · all 12-letter words
Scrabble UK accepts OVERSTAINING, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVERSTAINING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 480) | 373 | 479 | 333 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
106 of the 480 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OVERSTAINING, GAINSTRIVEN, INVIGORANTS, GAINSTRIVE, GAINSTROVE, GRIVATIONS, INVIGORANT, SERVANTING, AVENTRING, EVANITIONS, EVIRATING, GRIVATION and 94 more. 40 of the 480 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GRAVITINOS, VERSIONING, GRAVITINO, INVERSING, GROVIEST, INVERTINS, NOVATING, REIVINGS, INVERTIN, IVORIEST, NOTARISING, STOVING and 28 more. 1 of the 480 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.
This word takes every letter of OVERSTAINING plus a single extra one.