464 words come out when you unscramble OVERSTRESSING, starting with OVERSTRESSING itself: 17 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. SOVEREIGNS and REVERSINGS are the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. 13 letters: 4 vowels and 9 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from OVERSTRESSING by length: 1 with 13 letters, 2 with 11, 16 with 10, 60 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2. None has 12 letters.
Every one of the 2 11-letter words made with OVERSTRESSING letters scores 12. REGRESSIONS is an everyday pick.
REVERSINGS and SOVEREIGNS are the top 10-letter words in OVERSTRESSING, 14 points each. REGRESSION will look familiar.
Of the 60 9-letter words from OVERSTRESSING, 9 score 13 points, the group's best. INVESTORS, REGISTERS and SOVEREIGN are the ones most people know.
60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERSTRESSING; 19 of them share the top score of 12. VERSIONS, INVESTOR and SERVINGS are everyday picks.
29 of 60 7-letter words made with OVERSTRESSING letters tie at 11 points; none scores more. SERVERS, SERVING and INVERSE will look familiar.
60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERSTRESSING; 22 of them share the top score of 10. EVENTS, SERVER and VOTING are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words from OVERSTRESSING, the top score is 9, reached by 14. NEVER, GIVEN and EVENT are the familiar ones.
5 of 60 4-letter words in OVERSTRESSING tie at 8 points; none scores more. OVER, EVEN and GIVE will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with OVERSTRESSING letters, 4 score 7 points, the group's best. GET, GOT and EVE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of OVERSTRESSING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with OV · ending in NG · all 13-letter words
OVERSTRESSING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OVERSTRESSING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVERSTRESSING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 464) | 347 | 462 | 317 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
116 of the 464 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: REVERSINGS, SERVITRESS, VERSIONERS, VIROGENES, OVERGETS, REVERISTS, STERVING, STOVINGS, TREVISSES, VEERINGS, VENTIGES, VERSINGS and 104 more. 29 of the 464 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GROVIEST, GROVIER, SIEVERTS, STOVING, VIRGERS, ENVIROS, RINGSTERS, ROSTERING, STEERINGS, VIRGER, ENVIRO, ORIENTERS and 17 more. 1 of the 464 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: RESTENOSIS. 1 of the 464 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.