280 words come out when you unscramble OVERSTAYS, starting with OVERSTAYS itself: 15 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are OVERSTAY and STRAYVES, 14 points each. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
O1V45E1R1S1T1A1Y43S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from OVERSTAYS split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 14 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Among 60 6-letter words from OVERSTAYS, the top score is 12, reached by 7. VOTERS, ASSERT and SAVERS are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERSTAYS; 6 of them share the top score of 11. STORY, ESSAY and SAVER are everyday picks.
VARY and VERY share the top score of 10 among the 4-letter words in OVERSTAYS. OVER, SAVE and EASY are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words made with OVERSTAYS letters, the top score is 6, reached by 41. ARE, ART and YES are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of OVERSTAYS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with OV · ending in YS · all 9-letter words
What OVERSTAYS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
OVERSTAYS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVERSTAYS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 280) | 214 | 280 | 200 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
66 of the 280 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: STRAYVES, AVOYERS, STRAYVE, AVOYER, SAVEYS, SYVERS, SAVEY, SYVER, SATYRES, STAYRES, OVATES, REASTY and 54 more. 14 of the 280 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: RAVEY, EYASS, OATY, OSETRAS, OSSETRA, SEVS, OSETRA, SEV, YAS, YER, ARO, ATS and 2 more.