Unscramble OVERTAKING and you have 315 words, OVERTAKING itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are REVOKING and OVERKING, 16 points each. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from OVERTAKING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 11 with 8, 32 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2. None has 9 letters.
The 7-letter words in OVERTAKING are led by EVOKING and KERVING, 15 points each. VINTAGE, GRANITE and VINEGAR are the familiar ones.
INVOKE tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERTAKING at 13 points; next come ARKING and KAEING on 11. TAKING, NATIVE and EATING will look familiar.
KNAVE and KNIVE share the top score of 12 among the 5-letter words from OVERTAKING. GIVEN, TAKEN and GROVE are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words in OVERTAKING, KIEV and KIVA tie for first at 11 points. GIVE, KING and GAVE are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words made with OVERTAKING letters are led by GAK and KEG, 8 points each. AGE, AGO and KIT are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of OVERTAKING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with OV · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
The meaning of OVERTAKING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OVERTAKING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVERTAKING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 315) | 226 | 314 | 204 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OVERKING, KERVING, KARENGO, KNIVE, REAKING, TAVERING, ARKING, KAEING, KIEV, OVATING, REKING, ROKING and 76 more, 88 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: OAKIER, REKNOT, VIRGAE, ENVIRO, GANK, GROK, NOVATE, TAIKO, GOATIER, KETA, KORA, KORI and 10 more, 22 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.
With one more tile, the letters of OVERTAKING spell the words below.