368 words come out when you unscramble OVERTHINNING, starting with OVERTHINNING itself: 19 in Scrabble, 23 in Words With Friends. OVERNIGHT is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. The 12 letters split into 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from OVERTHINNING by length: 1 with 12 letters, 3 with 10, 10 with 9, 31 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2. None has 11 letters.
The 10-letter words made with OVERTHINNING letters come to 3, each scoring 14 points.
HOVERING, THIEVING and THRIVING share the top score of 15 among the 8-letter words from OVERTHINNING. NITROGEN, INVENTOR and THINNING are the ones most people know.
EIGHTVO and INVEIGH are the top 7-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERTHINNING, 14 points each. NOTHING, RENTING and ENVIRON will look familiar.
HIVING and HOVING share the top score of 13 among the 6-letter words made with OVERTHINNING letters. VIRGIN, VOTING and IGNORE are the ones most people know.
HIVER, HOVEN and HOVER are the top 5-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERTHINNING, 11 points each. OTHER, RIGHT and NORTH will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words from OVERTHINNING, HIVE and HOVE tie for first at 10 points. OVER, THEN and GIVE are everyday picks.
6 of 60 3-letter words in OVERTHINNING tie at 7 points; none scores more. GET, HOT and GOT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of OVERTHINNING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with OV · ending in NG · all 12-letter words
What OVERTHINNING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
OVERTHINNING is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVERTHINNING itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 368) | 284 | 367 | 262 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HOVING, NITHERING, OVERHIT, THINGIER, THROEING, VENTRING, GOTHIER, HENNING, HIVER, HOVEN, NITHING, NOVERINT and 71 more, 83 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: OVERTHINNING, OTHERING, THONGIER, INVERTIN, THINGIE, ENVIRO, GOETH, HINNIE, HONGI, INTEGRIN, RINGTONE, GOTH and 10 more, 22 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.