Unscramble OVERTAXES and you have 265 words, OVERTAXES itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. VORTEXES is the best of the shorter words, at 18 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from OVERTAXES split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 12 with 7, 49 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
VERTEX, VEXERS and VORTEX share the top score of 16 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERTAXES. STEREO, EXTRAS and VOTERS are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words from OVERTAXES, VAXES, VEXER and VEXES tie for first at 15 points. EXTRA, SERVE and TAXES are everyday picks.
VEXT scores highest among the 4-letter words in OVERTAXES at 14 points, ahead of AXES and EXES on 11. OVER, SAVE and EAST are the ones most people know.
The 3-letter words made with OVERTAXES letters are led by VAX, VEX and VOX, 13 points each. ARE, ART and TAX are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of OVERTAXES, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with OV · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
OVERTAXES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
OVERTAXES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVERTAXES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 265) | 212 | 265 | 200 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RETOXES, XEROTES, EXEATS, TAXORS, EXEAT, RETOX, SOREX, TAXOR, TEXES, SAXE, ESTOVER, EXO and 41 more, 53 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: VAXES, VAX, OXERS, SEXER, OXER, OSETRA, SEV, AROS, ARO, ATS, EST and TE, 12 in all.