Unscramble OVERWISELY and you have 295 words, OVERWISELY itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
O1V45E1R1W4I1S1E1L12Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from OVERWISELY split into 1 with 10 letters, 8 with 8, 24 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 9 letters.
WEEVILY scores highest among the 7-letter words in OVERWISELY at 16 points, ahead of LIVEYER and LIVYERS on 13. REVIEWS, RESOLVE and VIEWERS are the ones most people know.
VIEWLY tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERWISELY at 15 points; next come LIVERY and LIVYER on 12. REVIEW, LOVERS and VIEWER will look familiar.
The best of the 5-letter words from OVERWISELY is VIEWY, 14 points; EVERY and IVORY on 11 follow. VIEWS, LOWER and LIVES are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words made with OVERWISELY letters, the top score is 10, reached by 21. VIEW, OVER and VERY are the familiar ones.
9 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERWISELY tie at 9 points; none scores more. LOW, YES and EYE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of OVERWISELY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with OV · ending in LY · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by OVERWILY (17 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
OVERWISELY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVERWISELY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 295) | 234 | 295 | 213 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
61 of the 295 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OVERWISELY, VIEWLY, VOWELISE, LOWRY, SYVER, VEILY, WOLVE, YEVES, LOWRIES, OLIVERS, SWEY, VIOLERS and 49 more. 21 of the 295 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LIVEYERS, LIVEYER, LOVEYS, OWLERY, SEVERY, LOVEY, OWLERIES, OWLY, YEOW, LOVIER, OWLIER, LEVIS and 9 more.