Unscramble OVERUTILISES and you have 412 words, OVERUTILISES itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, OVERUTILISE leads with 14 points. 12 letters: 6 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from OVERUTILISES by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 6 with 10, 19 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
OVERUTILISE is the only one of the 11-letter words in OVERUTILISES; it scores 14 points.
Of the 6 10-letter words made with OVERUTILISES letters, 5 score 13 points, the group's best.
12 of 19 9-letter words from OVERUTILISES tie at 12 points; none scores more. RESISTIVE will look familiar.
Of the 60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERUTILISES, 47 score 11 points, the group's best. VISITORS and RESOLVES are the ones most people know.
The 7-letter words from OVERUTILISES come to 60, each scoring 10 points. RESOLVE, ELUSIVE and STRIVES are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 6-letter words in OVERUTILISES scores 9. SILVER, SERVES and LOVERS are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words made with OVERUTILISES letters come to 60, each scoring 8 points. LIVES, SERVE and SOLVE are the familiar ones.
49 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERUTILISES tie at 7 points; none scores more. OVER, LOVE and LIVE will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from OVERUTILISES, 14 score 6 points, the group's best. OUT, SEE and ITS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of OVERUTILISES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with OV · ending in ES · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 6 highest-scoring answers, starting with SILVERIEST, VIRTUELESS and VITREOUSES (13 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
OVERUTILISES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVERUTILISES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 412) | 302 | 412 | 271 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 110 of them: OVERUTILISES, OVERUTILISE, RESOLUTIVE, SILVERISE, SOLUTIVES, SOVIETISE, IVORISTS, SERVILES, SERVLETS, SOLUTIVE, TREVISES, VEILIEST and 98 more. Words With Friends* skips 31 of them: SILVERIEST, TELEVISORS, TELEVISOR, VERTISOLS, IVORIEST, LISTSERV, SIEVERTS, VERTISOL, EVULSES, LOVIEST, SIEVERT, SLIEVES and 19 more.